{"id":3343,"date":"2016-06-04T09:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2026-10-02T14:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:19:04","slug":"the-way-he-looks-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3343","title":{"rendered":"The Way He Looks-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Way He Looks-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Daniel Ribeiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Fabio Audi, Ghilherme Lobo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #408<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"70307130\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Reviewed June 4, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Way He Looks is a foreign language film (Brazilian) from 2014 that tells a coming-of-age story about a blind high school student who develops feelings for the new kid in town.<\/p>\n

The other boy quickly becomes his new best friend, and the boys, unsure of each other’s sexual preferences, fall in love.<\/p>\n

The film is a charming story about a modern romance, which is becoming more prevalent today.<\/p>\n

Leonardo (known as Leo) is a blind high school student struggling to be his true self.\u00a0 His close friend Giovana (Tess Amorim) is in a similar situation, as neither has ever been kissed, yet they feel adolescent desires.<\/p>\n

They are lonely but share a close bond.<\/p>\n

Regardless of his disability, Leo is quite independent, despite having parents who border on smothering. One day, a new student named Gabriel volunteers to sit behind Leo in class and strike up a friendship.<\/p>\n

Giovana, unaware of Leo’s sexual preferences, develops a crush on Gabriel.<\/p>\n

The film then tells a sweet story about a young, blossoming romance. The main characters don’t face particularly tough obstacles from outside sources, but rather from each other, as their feelings and emotions are fragile.<\/p>\n

In addition to romance, the film focuses on the friendships between Leo, Gabriel, and Giovana.<\/p>\n

The Way He Looks is a warm film. It is sweet, compassionate, and tenderhearted. The viewer witnesses a budding romance between two teenagers, and the fact that they are both male is secondary- that is how charming the film is.<\/p>\n

The audience will root for Leo and Gabriel because they are nice <\/strong><\/em>kids. Giovana, the outsider, also has a rooting factor- she is in no way a villain, nor does she harbor resentment for either Leo or Gabriel, but rather yearns for her first romance and happiness.<\/p>\n

The film wisely does not turn her into an emotional wreck or a psycho. Sure, she gets drunk at a party, but this is only to escape her feelings.<\/p>\n

I recoiled at the scene after scene of Leo’s parents either fretting about something, worried sick about Leo coming home late or worried that something may <\/strong><\/em>happen to their son.<\/p>\n

Relax already. Life is not meant to be spent\u00a0frazzled because your son is blind.<\/p>\n

The parents are not the film’s strongest characters and are mostly secondary. The case is the same for the bullies, the slutty girl, and the teacher.<\/p>\n

The film belongs to Leo, Gabriel, and Giovana.<\/p>\n

The supporting characters in The Way He Looks are meant to react to the central characters.<\/p>\n

The Way He Looks is about a same-sex, young romance. Charming, not too heavy, with likable characters who one can root for. No bombs, car chases, or explosions are needed.<\/p>\n

The Way He Looks (2023) is a slice of life that is simple, pure, and true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Way He Looks-2014 Director Daniel Ribeiro Starring Fabio Audi, Ghilherme Lobo Scott’s Review #408 Reviewed June 4, 2016 Grade: B+ The Way He Looks is a foreign language film (Brazilian) from 2014 that tells a coming-of-age story about a blind high school student who develops feelings for the new kid in town. The other … Continue reading The Way He Looks-2014<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1422,11649,192,35,294,122,331,341,222],"tags":[4453,4455,4454,12798],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-films","category-brazilian","category-coming-of-age","category-dramas","category-foreignfilms","category-foreign-romance","category-gay-films","category-lgbt-foreign-language-films","category-lgbt-romance","category-romantic-dramas","tag-daniel-ribeiro","tag-fabio-audi","tag-ghilherme-lobo","tag-tess-amorim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3343"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24691,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3343\/revisions\/24691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}