
When two trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys, Rafael and Gardo, realize that what they've found must be important.... (Full plot summary below)
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When two trash-picking boys from Rio's slums find a wallet in amongst the daily detritus of their local dump, little do they imagine that their lives are about to change forever. But when the local police show up, offering a handsome reward for the wallet's return, the boys, Rafael and Gardo, realize that what they've found must be important.
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| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThe compelling film, like its energetic young stars, is in constant motion. Although the nominally gritty tone occasionally gives way to the director's weakness for the theatrical, the film is rooted by that trio of engagingly authentic performances. |
| Movie MezzanineSean BurnsTrash is a step up from Extremely Loud's cloying 9/11 exploitation simply by virtue of not being one of the most appalling movies ever made. It's still pretty crummy, though. |
| Sky CinemaTim EvansCynics will scoff at a feelgood direction at odds with the real plight of Brazilian's poor...but this is about hope rather than expectation. |
| New York PostSara StewartComparisons to “Slumdog Millionaire” are inevitable, but the kinetic Trash has a rhythm all its own. |
| FILMINK (Australia)John NoonanTrash may not always convince, but is still at all times an engaging drama. |
| Empire MagazineSimon BraundAnother winner from Daldry, this is an unexpectedly gritty crime drama set in the teeming favelas and grimy backstreets of Rio. A cracking script from Richard Curtis, with roughly 80 per cent of the dialogue in street patois, is brilliantly served by the three leads. |
| Time OutCath ClarkeSome people will hate Trash for being not grittily real enough, but Daldry’s point – a hope-against-hope optimistic one – is that the energy of young people can change Brazil. |
| Film4Anton Bitelfor all the film's apparent desire to offer a gritty, realist portrait of life for the Brazilian underclass, the politics here are childishly facile. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenA crowd-pleasing film that resembles "Slumdog Millionaire" albeit without that film's complexities, "Trash" contrasts Rio's gorgeous beaches with its notorious favelas and has strong performances from three youths. |
| AV ClubNoel MurrayBut while once upon a time Daldry made a very good movie like "Billy Elliot", here he lets what should’ve been an efficient little thriller get stymied by an excess of style, and the weight of self-importance. |