Sem Limites

«És inteligente, mas não cometas o erro de pessoas inteligentes que pensam que ninguém pode ser mais inteligente.» Vá ver Sem Limites como um thriller discreto e vulgar de março que não poderia pagar uma estrela maior do que Bradley Cooper, e terá um descanso tranquilo com bom diálogo, ideias no argumento e no visual (os rapazes do Google Streetview têm muito a melhorar), e, o mais importante, grande Cooper, que consegue lidar com uma longa-metragem cheia de ideias sem hesitação. Além disso, quando se desenvolve um ponto fraco para uma jovem Nicole Kidman chamada Abbie Cornish, não há nada para discutir. (23/03/2011)

Limitless grows more stupid as the screenwriter runs out of pills. The idea on which the film is based is used skilfully at first and Burger succeeds in filling the holes in the logic (and in the chosen form of the narrative) with a boatload of optical effects. As the minutes pile up, the very simple initial situation begins to show signs of wearing thin until the people behind the camera seriously have no idea what else they can squeeze out of it (in the climax, they basically take a blind shot in the dark), at which point the film ends. The underused potential of the central premise is revealed by the cautious stab at politics just before the closing credits roll. If the plot had unfolded in this direction from the beginning, without the cheap subplot involving an Eastern European taxidermist desperately passed off as the main plot, Neil could have given us a nicely biting satire for our hour and forty minutes instead of another toothless thriller. 60% (26/03/2013)

I wouldn't have expected such stylish and inventive entertainment from the author of the schematic The Illusionist. And in the case of Bradley Cooper, all I can say is that he has worked his way up from an extremely unlikable jock in Wedding Crashers to a dependable lead. Charisma combined with acting talent, I have no fear for Bradley’s future. (27/07/2011)

A watchable film with entertaining formal tricks, but the script has a lot of problems. I was very annoyed by the main character behaving like an asshole all the time (and even more with the smart pill). Of course that made up drug can work in any way the creators see fit, so it’s pointless to look for any logic in its effect, but it still prevented me from fully enjoying the film. And either I didn’t understand its meaning, or the ending is utterly stupid. (21/05/2011)

At Almighty I was considering whether to give three or four stars. However, the fact that likable characters appear in the film, that the film has an interesting idea and even more interesting plot, and that Robert De Niro appears in the film, who once again does not disappoint, forced me to give it four stars. However, I was a little annoyed by the ending, which after a long time, once again, is typically American. And that really annoyed me here. (16/01/2012)