I wanna thank some comedy channels from here that rescued a hilarious scene from this movie and not only the particular scene became a meme
of sorts but it also brought me to the movie and I end up having a great time watching it. The scene in question is the one where Otávio Augusto
character talks about a sunny wednesday afternoon being the last day of the week and he says it while at work. Anyway, what's "Muito Prazer" ("Nice
to Meet You") is about?
The adventures and misfortunes of three architects (Augusto, Cecil Thiré and Antônio Pedro) dealing with work, relationships, parties, drinking
and also dealing with three street urchins who keep messing around with everyone around, either in helpful ways or just making some pranks or spying
on women (specially the wife of one of the men). Thiré's character is happily married but that won't stop from having an affair with the wife of
Augusto since the woman is in need of someone because all her husband wants to do is to drink himself and cause plenty of confusion. Pedro's character
is a mystery in the group, he's the best friend of everybody but doesn't get involved with anyone - I have a suspicion that he's gay and unlike the
other two confused character, he's happy with whoever is in his life.
David Neves is a film hard to define. It's a sure comedy with near disastrous drama moments - mostly related with the drunk character who causes
a great deal of absurd througout the picture (but he's hilarious). But it's hard to define as to what exactly it wants to reveal when it comes to the
dynamics of relationships and how men and women view each other, need each other or not, in a chaotic environment that always seem to invite them to
infidelity or adventures. Like the kids who keep fooling around without facing consequences (but close to it, as evidenced when they threw a rock at
a car and the driver called the cops on them), those grown-ups feel like they can do whatever they want. Luckily, conscience gets in the way, sometimes
just a piece of great advice (or luck) helps them sort it out their problems.
On an entertaining level, "Muito Prazer" is a hit of amazing proportions and I was quite surprised to see how funny this movie could get. The
outrageous alcoholic played by Otávio Augusto is unique with his chaotic behavior, drinking on the job, always asking for the secretary to bring
buckets of ice for him, and it's amazing that he manages to escape consequences. It's a hysterically funny character (and performance), but in real life
he'd be appaling. But if we look for a dramatic prism where we should evaluate things to a higher and meaningful perspective it's a vague experience
where one can attest that adults sometimes fail to mature, and instead they make some childish actions, and that's why the men are somewhat accomplices
of the troubled urchins. Crazy world. 6/10.
