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The Boys From Brazil Reviews

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Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to murder 94 seemingly .. Read more

Starring	Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Director	Franklin J. Schaffner
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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- "...THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL is a good job....One of those films where you get a bag of popcorn and settle back to a make-believe world..."
- 7623
- - New York Times
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  - 4
  It hasn't aged well
  
  I had a conversation with a good friend recently about older movies with interesting ideas at there core but way too much stationary dialouge, ambling plot and ... read more »
  
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  - SteveBent
  - 99 reviews
  - Tring
  - 14 Mar 2006 at 21:21
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- - 0
  - 0
  Worth a watch dated classic
  
  I remember this as a good film but watching again felt dated though overall i still thought it Ok so no worse for renting, still worth a watch!
  
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- 1067812
- - a customer
  - 27 Nov 2011 at 18:22
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  BIt dated now, but..........
  
  ..... well worth a watch. Good plot/story and reasonable acting makes this an eminently watchable film
  
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- - Steve Hatton
  - Cornwall, England
  - 12 Nov 2011 at 19:04
- - 0
  - 1
  Frankly, I felt insulted.
  
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  I really wanted to like this film. And there's a lot to like about it - a magnificent cast, attractively shot, fine score. But, good grief, the story... ... read more »
  
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- - TempestInAFlatHat
  - 4 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 24 Oct 2011 at 22:25
- - 0
  - 0
  Bizarre yet poignant. Superb cast.
  
  Very enjoyable and strangely believable if somewhat 'sci-fi' movie. 'The evil that men do lives after them' A warning from history - but do we ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Jul 2011 at 10:46
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  "History has taught us, what one man can do with a dream, but can history be repeated?"
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  The Boys from Brazil is a sci-fi thriller. Dr. Joseph Mengele (the late Gregory Peck) a Nazi scientist on the run is hiding out in Paraguay, meeting up with ... read more »
  
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- 1001894
- - a customer
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 22:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Boys from Brazil - Worth watching!
  
  I saw this film when released in 1978 and enjoyed it. the concept of cloning was (for the general public) quite new. The war had only been over for about 33 ... read more »
  
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- 1001731
- - Valiant016
  - 51 reviews
  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 16:47
- - 2
  - 0
  Watch it in its own textuality.
  
  This film is not a science fiction or not about cloning. Anyone think so, probably have some problems about their perceptions. So, this film has not lost ... read more »
  
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- - ManOfLove
  - 1 review
  - Turkey
  - 17 Oct 2010 at 12:42
- - 2
  - 2
  Horror Film or Science Fiction?
  
  The plot of this film must have seemed rather silly when it was first released in 1978. But, on viewing it 30 years later, in an age of astonishing advances in... read more »
  
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  - Galashiels
  - 03 Oct 2009 at 13:50
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  - 3
  Pure campness
  
  I really hope this wasn't meant to be taken as seriously as the premise suggests, as i found myself laughting at quite a few impromptu bits. Perhaps the ... read more »
  
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- - Lisa
  - UK
  - 30 Sep 2009 at 12:56
- - 1
  - 1
  Showing its age now!
  
  I suppose it was a convincing story a few years ago but it’s lost a lot of credibility now. Still worth a watch if you’re not looking for something ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Flikks
  - 19 reviews
  - Seaton
  - 08 Sep 2009 at 20:36
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- - 8
  - 4
  It hasn't aged well
  
  I had a conversation with a good friend recently about older movies with interesting ideas at there core but way too much stationary dialouge, ambling plot and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 218932
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - SteveBent
  - 99 reviews
  - Tring
  - 14 Mar 2006 at 21:21
- - 3
  - 2
  got to see
  
  This is one film that i had seen many
  
  years ago great story line great actors.
  
  Has you thinking did this realy go on with human cloning. ... read more »
  
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- - campbell
  - CENTRAL SCOTLAND
  - 07 Apr 2004 at 21:47
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  Watch it in its own textuality.
  
  This film is not a science fiction or not about cloning. Anyone think so, probably have some problems about their perceptions. So, this film has not lost ... read more »
  
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- - ManOfLove
  - 1 review
  - Turkey
  - 17 Oct 2010 at 12:42
- - 1
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  Not a bad movie. Saw ...
  
  Not a bad movie. Saw it about 20 years ago and still good by todays standards.
  
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  - CLEETHORPES
  - 28 Apr 2004 at 22:47
- - 1
  - 1
  Seems quite silly now...
  
  This is quite good, but it hasn't aged very well. I'm afraid Laurence Olivier's 'Jewish persona' (see also the 1980 version of 'The Jazz... read more »
  
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- 241292
- - a customer
  - Guildford, Surrey
  - 07 May 2006 at 12:25
- - 1
  - 1
  Time for a remake?
  
  I had wanted to see this film for quite sometime now and knowing that it was available on Bluray I had to rent it. The story is very good and I can see ... read more »
  
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- - CheekCharlie
  - 4 reviews
  - Bingley
  - 26 May 2009 at 09:31
- - 1
  - 1
  Showing its age now!
  
  I suppose it was a convincing story a few years ago but it’s lost a lot of credibility now. Still worth a watch if you’re not looking for something ... read more »
  
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- 808435
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Flikks
  - 19 reviews
  - Seaton
  - 08 Sep 2009 at 20:36
- - 2
  - 2
  Horror Film or Science Fiction?
  
  The plot of this film must have seemed rather silly when it was first released in 1978. But, on viewing it 30 years later, in an age of astonishing advances in... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 817263
- - a customer
  - Galashiels
  - 03 Oct 2009 at 13:50
- - 0
  - 0
  Boys from Brazil - Worth watching!
  
  I saw this film when released in 1978 and enjoyed it. the concept of cloning was (for the general public) quite new. The war had only been over for about 33 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1001731
- - Valiant016
  - 51 reviews
  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 16:47
- - 0
  - 0
  "History has taught us, what one man can do with a dream, but can history be repeated?"
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  The Boys from Brazil is a sci-fi thriller. Dr. Joseph Mengele (the late Gregory Peck) a Nazi scientist on the run is hiding out in Paraguay, meeting up with ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1001894
- - a customer
  - 07 Jun 2011 at 22:07

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  Ira Levin's best-selling novel is the basis for this incredible film about the perpetuation of a new race of Hitlers. When one of his proteges locates the elusive Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Peck), famed Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman (a wonderful Olivier) stumbles on Mengele's grand scheme to ...

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