Bacalhau (1976)
2/10
Jaws in Brazil
9 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
You have to give some credit to Brazilian director and writer Adriano Stuart, who got his Jaws parody into theaters the same year as the movie its making fun of, even ahead of the adult parody Gums.

A cod from Guinea is threatening to ruin the fishing season of São Paulo, so local authorities call everyone you would expect, like a Portuguese oceanographer and a tough fisherman who uses the records of "Rainha do Fado" Amália Rodrigues as bait.

This is as down and dirty as you can imagine a Brazilian ripoff film made in days can be. The jokes are dated and stereotypical. If the idea that Sheriff Brody is gay is hilarious to you, then you get it. So many of the jokes in the film are ones that you have to literally be there and by that I mean someone from Brazil.

They did make a nice poster, at least.
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