SummaryLeo is a blind teenager who’s fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans. Meanwhile, G... Read More
Directed By:Daniel Ribeiro
Written By:Daniel Ribeiro
The Way He Looks
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Generally Favorable
71
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Universal Acclaim
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
69% Positive
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Nov 7, 2014
80
Ribeiro’s screenplay, which is marbled with moments of humor as well as emotion, feels extremely well-tuned into the conflicted emotional lives of his adolescent characters, who often retreat into the safety of their childhood comfort zone after every exciting, but also scary, excursion into the adult unknown.
User score
Universal Acclaim
95% Positive
74 Ratings
74 Ratings
3% Mixed
2 Ratings
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3% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
Apr 18, 2022
10
The film brings to the table lots of originality and a captivating story, it's really exciting to watch the main character developing his independence from his mother's leashes an becoming someone empowered.
May 28, 2019
10
Sweet, relatable, and honest, The Way He Looks is the kind of coming-of-age/coming out story that other movies within that genre should aspire to be like. It is very easy to engage with the characters and their conflicts as they're not bogged down by the melodrama that usually permeated teen media. The crew knew about the subjects they want to deal with and deliver a proper story about a boy understanding himself, the world around him, and fighting for his own independence.
Oct 20, 2014
80
Touching and well-acted, Brazil's Best Foreign Film entry is a worthy Oscar candidate.
Nov 7, 2014
75
Admirable throughout is the balance that Ribeiro strikes between dewy eroticism and the contextualization of sexuality as just a single aspect of one's identity, albeit an essential one.
Nov 6, 2014
67
Ribeiro captures the experiential awkwardness of young love pitch-perfectly.
Oct 21, 2014
60
There are no great upsets or fireworks here, just a tender sketch of what it means to (probably) be gay as a school kid. The storytelling style is as inoffensive as the music (Arvo Pärt, Belle and Sebastian), and the performances are amiable and relaxed.
Oct 28, 2014
50
The shuffling of who's an important/close friend transcends the specificity of being gay and disabled, and that experience is rarely depicted as realistically as this. But the film crosses into self-parody.
Dec 16, 2017
10
O filme traz uma paz interior e me identifiquei com boa parte dos personagens. Retrata a descoberta da sexualidade para muitos homossexuais sem sexualizá-los. A representação dos cegos também foi muito boa e bem desenvolvida, pena que não é um assunto muito falado. A escolha para os atores e a atuação nem se fala. Concluindo, filme incrível.
Jun 15, 2017
10
Com certeza o melhor filme brasileiro de todos os tempos, relata a real vida da maioria de jovens da comunidade LGBTQ+. #GoBrasil! The best brazilian movie ever of all the times, It's for the people see the live of very young of LGBTQ+'s community!
Dec 25, 2014
10
Melhor filmes brasileiro de 2014, uma pena não ter sido selecionado para melhor filme estrangeiro no Oscar, mostra a realidade da comunidade gay jovem, e o final e tão adorável. Quero continuação
Nov 15, 2014
10
"The Way He Looks" has a simple and common argument like love; but the way Daniel Ribeiro handle this argument to tell the story about Leo, a blind boy who has never been kissed, is just amazing. The acting of the three principal characters is amazing too, even the dialogue seems to be so simple. The themes showed in this movie, like love, first kiss and friendship makes this movie unforgettable, accompanied of Belle and Sebastian's "There's Too Much Love". Ribeiro knew how to handle Leo's homosexuality, because he's not totally gay, he's just in love with Gabriel. Amazing story, hard to forget.
Nov 11, 2014
1
I love films too much to be writing such a poor review for this first film but THE WAY HE LOOKS is like watching paint dry. Actually, I painted my home recently and it was more exciting. THE WAY HE LOOKS is like an after school special without the insights.
Production Company:
- Lacuna Filmes
- Polana Filmes
Release Date:Nov 7, 2014
Duration:1 h 36 m
Tagline:Not every love happens at first sight.
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Awards
Prêmio Guarani
• 2 Wins & 9 Nominations
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
