sergio_tlb Possibly one of the worst movies I have ever watched. The dialogue is superficial, the characters are as thin as paper and it contains three absolutely useless sex scenes who have no part in the plot.Calling this a "remake" is a a straight-up lie. It's an insult to anyone who has worked in the original movie.Avoid it like the plague.

jcrebelo Disclaimer: I just watched the TV version. Sometimes movies are edited so they can be presented in a bigger or smaller TV slot. But this is not an excuse to all the bad things the movie presents and I'm sure 90% of what you are about to read sticks to the cinema version. 1 - To call this a remake of the great 1940's (42 I believe) original is deceiving. The only thing that was maintained was the location (typical old Lisbon) and the names of some characters. The rest was just advertising to make people go see the movie (and it worked).2 – The script is awful. It is really poorly written and always sounds mechanic and false. Most of the situations are unnatural. You get that "there's so much going wrong here" kind of feeling. 3 – The editing seems to have been done by someone that does not know what should be done or simply did not knew the movie/script. I got the same feeling described in the last point.4 – It's impossible to understand if there are good actors in this movie. The girls where chosen because they are beautiful and the men are just a bunch of average comedians in real life. I cannot blame them in particular since the zero character depth might be due to character direction.5 – There are some absolutely ridiculous/absurd dialogues. Again, all over the movie.6 – The film is supposed to be a comedy. I saw ZERO funny jokes or dialogues.7 – Its a film that targets old people and families (including children). On this context, it has some gratuitous and totally out of the context sex scenes. I'm not a puritan, but this is definitely not the movie for them.8 – I will not give a score of 1 because there was a lot of money involved and we can see that. Also, for the surprising Bollywood finale. It was the only interesting part of the movie.It's sad that in a country where money for movie production is scarce this ended up as the Portuguese blockbuster of the year, pulverizing every other possible good productions. And due to its success, I'm sure we will see some similar things over the next years...

jferreira93 I understand that many people felt disappointed since this movie is not as good as the original "O Patio das Cantigas" from 1942, but still i liked it, good performances by all the cast and some very funny moments.It's a very light movie but it's also a very funny one, the only problem i had with this was the last 20 minutes that felt rush and specially the ending, the ending man, that was really, really stupid and completely unnecessary.Besides that, it's a fun movie, to watch with your family and have a good time. My vote is 7Title (Portugal) - "O Patio das Cantigas" ("The Courtyard of the Ballads")

raul_conceicao First, I cannot tell about how good this remake is in comparison to the old one because i didn't see the entire old one, just some parts that are very popular. Despite of that, i can say that the idea of the film is not being a strict remake but a remake that shows a society of the 21th century and their behavior. The film is full of young actors that are already famous from national TV series and programs, but that are starting to do the first steps in cinema. And i really liked their first steps, i think they can do more interesting things like this. About the story, is a typical neighborhood of Lisbon with very characteristic people and behaviors. Its good because the action takes part on the popular parties of the city and shows a bit how can the good mood of everyone transforms quickly in a little street wrangle. The film have a lot of funny parts that made the entire room(full!) laughing. Besides it shows Fado, that is also a good point to promote the city and the country. I think will be fun, not just to all Portuguese to watch this movie, but also to foreign people. Because after that they can travel to Lisbon in June and feel the amazing atmosphere of popular parties.