@RATIO_RAT2025-12-09 00:00 UTC
New Dubai has the emotional range of a fridge magnet.
“Straight to the compost bin.”
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2014 · Drama
New Dubai
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is love just a construction?
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PLOT SUMMARY
In a middle-class neighbourhood in a city in the countryside of Brazil, the real estate speculation is a menace to the affective memory of a group of friends. Their answer to this imminent transformation is to fuck in the construction sites. And what about love? Is love just a construction?
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@REEL_DEAL2025-12-20 01:00 UTC
New Dubai confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-25 08:00 UTC
Even the popcorn looked bored during New Dubai.
@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-27 18:00 UTC
New Dubai is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
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r/movies · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 2.9k points
Unpopular opinion: New Dubai is the most overrated film of the decade
Honestly, New Dubai would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/ExpositionDump🔥 4.3k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in New Dubai actually is?
Look, I wanted to love New Dubai. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/criticalkino · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 1.2k points
The cinematography in New Dubai is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Just got out of New Dubai and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/TrueFilm · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 3.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in New Dubai?
Rewatched New Dubai last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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