MartinHafer This was a thoroughly disgusting and pointless film and I am not sure how folks could watch and praise it. The movie is filled with disgusting and wretchedness. Were these sentiments strong enough to hopefully keep you from seeing this film---I sure hope so! My thorough disgust for the film isn't because it shows the lowest elements of Brazilian society-- after all, I was quick to praise films like CITY OF GOD and CENTRAL STATION--and these films were violent and scary. However, their portrayals of the violence and cheapness of life in the lowest social strata were meant to be eye-opening and document the horrors--not provide a voyeuristic chamber of horrors meant only to turn our stomachs. I won't even begin to describe all the viscerally vile images from MANGO YELLOW--partly because they make me ill just thinking about it and partly because I could only take the movie to a certain point, then I made myself get up and turn it off! It truly seems to try to alienate much of its audience. If you want a similar experience, go to a slaughterhouse (it's already in the film) or stare at feces (it's also in the film and is apparently eaten by one of the scum in the film). Yuck.

M T This is one of the worst movies I have ever watched. Do not waste your time and money on this movie. The movie is basically about random weird stuff that doesn't make any sense. For example, one character got a dead body from the local morgue so he could shoot at it. Does that make any sense to any one of you? Very sad. I regret wasting 90 minutes of my life on this trash, so don't do the same. Too bad because the casting is good, and it surprises me that they would be involved in such a bad movie.But if you like weird movies that do not have a story you can follow, then it's the perfect movie for you. If you want to watch a good Brazilian movie, watch the "Auto da Compadecida", but please stay away from "Amarelo Manga".

Ntumbuluku To comment on the moribund nature of society? If that's what you're into then watch the evening news and save two hours of your life. It is rare that I watch a movie and feel that it fails to portray any kind of worthwhile social commentary--especially when the movie, from the beginning, seems determined to try to do so. Amarelo Manga becomes an unintentional parody of sweeping social commentary and fades, instead, into fascination with the sexually deviant. I give it three stars because Matheus Nachtergaele gives a memorable performance as a gay hotel tramp who is always trying to involve himself in others' affairs (and get them involved in his). His performance notwithstanding, this movie is not worth the time.

Dominik Williams I watched this as part of the Brazilian film fest here in SG. This show had good rating on IMDb so the cinema was quite packed. The cinematography and transition was very avant-garde. But that's where the praise ends.The show started off slowly and it only became slower. *spoilers* I didn't get most of the parts - the shooting of a dead man. - the killing of a young calf. - the asthmatic who used the oxygen mask for her genitals etcWhat did these all mean? Perhaps this show is esoteric and I'm not arty to understand the show. But to give it a weighted average rating of 7.2 (as of Sept 2004) is ridiculous!