Peçanha Contra o Animal

"Inspired by Porta dos Fundos sketches, 'Peçanha Against the Animal' follows the misadventures of Peçanha (Antônio Tabet), a policeman from Rio de Janeiro, who is basically a set of stereotypes. He has a mustache, acts tough, thinks he knows everything, and shoots at anything. However, his days of idleness come to an end when he and his partner Mesquita (Pedro Benevides) get involved in a serious investigation: to discover the identity of the serial killer Animal - name given by Datena, it should be said. In the middle of this process, there are comings and goings: they are fired, they come back, they find clues, they lose clues and so on. Typical. But the focus of 'Peçanha Against the Animal', of course, is not exactly on suspense and the mission to discover the name of the murderer. It's in the fun, the humor that is made with these stereotypes of what it means to be a policeman. Peçanha's conversations with Mesquita are priceless - Antonio Tabet's explanation of manauaras is great - and there are good ideas. There are exaggerations, of course: some unnecessary scatological moments (the scene with the condom, for example) and jokes that have already been used excessively around here. The big problem is how the movie, at one point, stops laughing at these absurd policemen to laugh with them. It seems to forget how Rio de Janeiro is one of the places in the world where the police kill the most. It's uncomfortable. There was room for more absurdities. More jabs. That's why we can say that 'Peçanha' is a complicated movie - but that will certainly entertain fans already accustomed to the Porta sketches."