Well, I saw the trailer from this movie and, just out of curiosity, decided to check on a Youtube copy that leaked from a local cinema.
I'll give you guys a little skinny about the plot and I'm pretty sure you'll recognize something in it quite immediately, so here goes: a federal senator is trying to elect himself as president; he's arrogant, obnoxious, and above all, he's a liar, like most politicians in Brazil; then, one day some force of the universe casts a spell on him preventing him from lying and his life starts crumbling.
YEP!! You guessed it! It's "Liar, Liar", one of the most famous Jim Carrey films!
And I fool you not, the plot is the exact same here, the absolute exact same!
He'll lie a lot in the beginning, a spell is cast on him, he starts to tell the truth no matter what, he starts having trouble with his family, his public image gets disfigured, etc, etc; in the end, he realizes that... like Carrey said on the original film, "the truth shall set you free", and so he made a speech in the last campaign debate that causes commotion on everybody and changes himself. The end.
I'm sorry, guys, but apart from the final speech from João Ernesto in the film, "O Candidato Honesto" isn't even nearly as good as the original Jim Carrey film. No memorable characters, no memorable situations, convoluted plot, in the end, we have another generic Brazilian comedy that will cause some commotion on people in general, and even maybe influence the results from the election, but it was nothing special and it'll surely gets dated in some years.
I'll give you guys a little skinny about the plot and I'm pretty sure you'll recognize something in it quite immediately, so here goes: a federal senator is trying to elect himself as president; he's arrogant, obnoxious, and above all, he's a liar, like most politicians in Brazil; then, one day some force of the universe casts a spell on him preventing him from lying and his life starts crumbling.
YEP!! You guessed it! It's "Liar, Liar", one of the most famous Jim Carrey films!
And I fool you not, the plot is the exact same here, the absolute exact same!
He'll lie a lot in the beginning, a spell is cast on him, he starts to tell the truth no matter what, he starts having trouble with his family, his public image gets disfigured, etc, etc; in the end, he realizes that... like Carrey said on the original film, "the truth shall set you free", and so he made a speech in the last campaign debate that causes commotion on everybody and changes himself. The end.
I'm sorry, guys, but apart from the final speech from João Ernesto in the film, "O Candidato Honesto" isn't even nearly as good as the original Jim Carrey film. No memorable characters, no memorable situations, convoluted plot, in the end, we have another generic Brazilian comedy that will cause some commotion on people in general, and even maybe influence the results from the election, but it was nothing special and it'll surely gets dated in some years.
