This movie is based in Portuguese myths. Some say that the movie is larger than it should be, but it is not. The story could be told in mere 10 minutes, but the other 52 are criticizing Portuguese community, showing us the life of the lowest-middle layer of social groups in a way totally exaggerated and making lots of parodies like the car f****** scene, the "flour guy", the guy totally drugged (that dude would be dead at this time...), the 2000$ scene (hylarious) and the digging of the weapons scene. Instead of being a movie with 10 minutes telling the story, Luís Ismael made a movie where us all could laugh and try someway to understand those guys' life (or not...). The second movie had much more dedication and is way better than the first in cinematography terms, but the first is and will always be a myth movie to us Portuguese teenagers.
Review of Balas & Bolinhos
