O Pátio das Cantigas

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.

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.

This film was an attempt to remake a classic of Portuguese cinema, from the Forties. It came at a time when it was fashionable, in Portugal, to remake old films.

Since comparisons are inevitable, this film loses in all of them. Not only was he not able to have a joke, but he destroyed the story told by the original film, where the lives of several residents of a Lisbon neighborhood intertwine and relate. Here, the script is simply a cross between romances and flirtations, more suited to a cheap soap opera. Under the cover of a remake, Leonel Vieira ended up making a new film, taking advantage of the original film elements such as the location, the names of the characters and some iconic scenes, caricaturally imitated. For example, the famous scene where Vasco, drunk, talks to the street lamp, or the other where he provokes the anger of Evaristo, who shoots him with a lot of articles from his shop. Those scenes, poured into this film, lost the fun and look ridiculous.

Another problem in this film was the affected and artificial performance of almost the entire cast. The actresses seem to have been chosen based on the size of their bra and the actors were recruited in the cheapest comedies and soap operas on national TV. Some characters, the ones that should be the most comical, like Evaristo or Narciso, were reduced to mere caricatures of themselves. This was truly a mistake, as they were the most beloved characters for the public. In the original, they were played by Vasco Santana and António Silva, two of the most talented comedians in national cinema, at a time when making comedy in Portuguese cinema was not the same thing as making a clown figure. I don't even mention the unfortunate sex scene involving the actress Bruna Quintas, at a certain point in the film. In addition to being totally out of context in a family movie, it attests to the ability of the Portuguese to involve sex where it was needless just to sell something.

Unfortunately, this film was a success. I still don't understand, however, the need for this "remake". The original film has aged very well, has a large legion of admirers and is regularly shown on TV, which is saying something for a 70-year-old film. This is an absurd, unnecessary film and its objective was only to obtain money from the public.

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...

This is one of the worst movies of 2015, it's a bad comedy, with unfunny jokes, NOT FUNNY AT ALL, i will never get back my 120 minutes of my life back, it's a nightmare all over, Portuguese movies still suck, i'm tired of the same old, bring back cool story's with lots of action, follow the example of other countries like : France or Germany.

it's poorly written, bad acting, i'm a fan of the original, and that's a classic, not this one, do not waste your precious time on this movie and save your money for something else. I promise you that this movie is not worth it, this was a painfully unfunny and incredibly lazy movie, don't go see this, you have been warned !!!!