Fresh
Brazilian writer-director Daniel Ribeiro displays an assured sense of tone in this debut feature, sustaining an air of fragile beauty but never once slipping into preciousness.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
The Way He Looks
Not every love happens at first sight.
2014 · 1h 36m · NOT RATED
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Daniel Ribeiro
Overview
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
92%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Ribeiro lacks a sense of dramatic construction, with the narrative stumbling about thoughtlessly, retracing the same ground over and over.
Peter Keough, Boston Globe
Fresh
A warm, smart and thoroughly delightful coming-of-age story.
Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic
Fresh
"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."
Inkoo Kang, TheWrap
Fresh
The Way He Looks almost collapses at several points into a saccharine mess, but Ribeiro manages to keep the dramatic tension alive.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
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