mario_c COISA RUIM is a supernatural film about a family which lives in the city and moves to a house (a heritance) in a little village in the rural Portugal. It crosses many topics, from the paranormal and the superstitious believes to the philosophical discussion about religion vs science. It's about ghosts, faith, superstition, rural traditions and religion, but it is most of all an interesting film that focus all these topics in a good and entertaining story. I don't consider this movie fits in the horror or suspenseful genre (even because it's too slow paced for that) but I think it's a good supernatural and mysterious story that could fit in the "haunted house" genre. The production is good and the cinematography either (one more time the director Tiago Guedes did a nice job; I already did enjoy his other movie ALTA FIDELIDADE), but the acting could have been better and the musical score too. In fact I think a movie with this thematic should have had a different and more suspenseful soundtrack.

kosmasp This movie has very good intentions and the photography (camera work) that is done here is great. The acting is also very good and both those elements mixed together, they create a very good and spooky mood for the movie.But the pacing is too slow. Even for a movie that does feed on that fact, that the viewer should be getting time for the whole movie to unfold. But I do think that this sort of idea could've been made as short story/movie and it would have worked even better. Although if you liked the movie Unbreakable by M. Night Shyamalan, you will also enjoy this one! They're similar, not story-wise, but pacing-wise!

Ricardo magalhães (ricardex) One of the best Portuguese movies...but there aren't many good Portuguese movies anyway! Still, it has a pretty good and clear plot supported by a really interesting photography and an above average acting (for Portuguese standards). Bur, I think the story grows very slowly and there aren't many peak points throughout the 97 minutes of the film. That fact makes it a little bit boring and that is not what I expect from a Horror/Mystery film (or any other genre anyway). The end of the film is rather good. It is clever and unexpected like the end of this type of movies should be. If you like horror/suspense films, your time will not be wasted. Don't expect it to be a Hitchcock, though!

hugocamartins Coisa Ruim is, indeed, a movie that makes us believe that the Portuguese film industry is finally reaching for the audience, without compromising the quality of their productions.I think enough was said here about this movie's main theme and plot, so I'll just emphasize (in my opinion) its main positive/negative aspects:+ acting was well above average + beautiful photography and careful set selection + simple interesting plot understandable by all (not like most Portuguese movies)over-articulated dialogs, sometimes people seem to talk like if they all add degrees - too much usage of focus/defocus effects (it becomes a bit boring...) - over-saturation of the image, sometimes you can tell it was really sunny when the scene was shot, but in order to maintain the dark tone in the movie you get over-saturated colors and too much contrastAll in all, a good movie. A promising debut for this two directors, and a new breath for Portuguese movies.