The Right Juice (2014)

This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

How I disagree with "Embarrassing". This really is a fun movie with a great feel good factor, fairly unusual these days. The scenery is wonderful and the film quite clearly shows the generosity and friendliness of the Portuguese people. I watched this film surrounded by local Portuguese who laughed as much as I did. I thought the cast was excellent, though for my taste Oliver's wife was perhaps a little too "light". Manel was played brilliantly, not sure if this actor is a well known comic actor but hopefully he will do more in the future, he was a natural. Congratulations on receiving the Canadian award - the first of many I am sure.

well, after more or less 5 years in East (Tavira), Middle (Albufeira) and actually near Portimao - Alcalar as a German Vagabondo Lusitano and a piratinho (pirates, not navegators, are the history of Europe, lovely Portugal included, lol, Sir Francis Drake was the best of these criminals, ha ha)I had a lot of fun knowing many of the places in the film too, not yet Zoomarine from inside, ho ho, to watch the film and sent some copies to very good friends in Germany who have been here visiting Maravilhas de Portugal(phantastic facebook page). Of course this film is a little picture of the reality here and still most of this can happen in reality mainly if non Portuguese don't respect the local needs..... Algarve is a tourist destination in spring, summer and early autumn but never in winter - for tourists the nights are to cold and in winter the oranges are not really sweet, ha ha. I love this film and thank for enrichment of my life just unexpected at BLIP this year and later again at the Christmas Market of Arte Algarve in Lagoa and in Mel & Canela (Café at the entrance to Alvor, highly recommended) to get more copies of the film and Christmas cards.... Next future some local Portuguese, but international, friends will get a copy from me as a new years gift. Muito obrigado! Bravo

I've experienced The Right Juice as a movie that makes you connect to the characters and makes you smile. As usually typical for movies that are made in France, Italy, Spain and Portugal you relate to the characters.This movie brings you exactly that! This is beautifully supported by the way the scenes are shot. The location is typical Algarve and the Portuguese characters are real, not stereotyped.I believe this movie was not shot with a large budget and that makes it even more an achievement of this production team. I am looking forward to see more of this director and see what more he can do with more budget.This all underlines the passion of all the people involved in this project to make this movie as it is now, a warm movie.

A sincere, light footed funny and visually enticing movie. I came to the movie theatre with a slight fear in my heart for I often find the genre comedy abused by directors who seem to have a 'x jokes per minute quota'. Do they, I wonder. I loved the subtlety of the jokes, and sincerity of the story. Recognizable and therefore credible characters, make for a charming story. Though I must say that the protagonist is a a bit of a blue eyed boy scout and his nemesis is very clearly the bad guy..but then again, they seem to have opposite views of life so it might be befitting. The directors apparent knowledge and love for the Algarve region shines trough the scenes and is highly contagious. The music was very much in tune with the story and helped introducing the Algarve and its inhabitants to the viewer. I've never been there but now it feels as if I have. Enjoyed it thoroughly.