Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Ameriatch One of the best films i have seen

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

jw-33 Andréia Horta is riviting. Top 10 best film performances by an actress, ever. I'm not Brazilian, I don't know the history of Elis but this is one hell of a good movie and you should go see it.

Felipe Novaes A touching portrait of one of Brazil's most iconic performers, beautifully photographed by Adrian Teijido and very well directed by Hugo Prata, who not only dominates the technical aspects of filmmaking, but also knows how to play with the language of music throughout his film. Andreia Horta shines as the troubled but yet brilliant singer. Julio Andrade surprises as a particularly spirited Lennie Dale. Besides great performances, the film leads you through the beginnings of MPB (Popular Brazilian Music) and what it meant to Brazil as a nation facing military dictatorship.I definitely recommend Elis to anyone who appreciates good music, fascinating characters and great entertainment.

bruno-63470 Among all the qualities that I can mention, two I think are the most important: 1)Rhythm: Since the cinema is all this, the films contains it owns characteristics. Each film have your climax, plot and so on. I'm very impressive with Elis's rhythm. This because, no matter how good the film is, in such a moment, the narrative always goes down. This is normal, and happens even in classic movies. But not in Elis. The feature film, directed by Hugo Prata, have a impressive rhythm. It's 110 minutes of hole attention. What we can say it's a daring feat. Even more if we considerate the film gender. It's not a suspense, neither adventure. It's entertainment with quality. I can say it's like Usain Bolt running a marathon. The rhythm is impressive for a feature film .2)Courage: Show the life of Elis Regina is not for beginners. The responsibility of taking to the screens the history of the biggest Brazilian singer, would make a lot of producers shake. But the final result, don't show this fear. On the contrary, it inspires courage. It reminds me a criticism I read a few years ago, saying that John Ford "didn't film like a director, he used to film like a man". I believe it sounds the same for "Elis"

Francisco Carvalho A great assortment of badly told facts, actors who dub the studio song and a sad vision about Elis Regina. In all, a story badly told. Unless you already know the characters, mostly famous Brazilian musicians, I believe it is really hard to understand what is happening and their motivations. For instance, Elis Regina seems to be a happy young singer who suddenly turns into a spoiled unhappy house-wife. She then starting drinking, taking stuff (unclear what she takes, such a superficial approach…) and then she dies.The main actress tried hard, but could only imitate the laughter of Elis, which she did all the time, even when it did not make sense.Whoever made this film clearly was based on the same research of the musical (that's a good one) and does not like Elis Regina.