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(SPOILERS) Good Manners was a well conceived Brazilian film that tried to be a little 'werewolf sort of Pinocchio movie' with a dash of Frankenstein love story and LGBT musical thrown in for good measure. Another 'horror' movie that tugs at the heart strings à la Let the Right One In, but was ultimately more depressing by the end.
Clara applies for a nanny job and reluctantly moves in with single mom-to-be Ana. Over time we learn that Ana ended up pregnant after a hot night with a mystery man who could have been a local werewolf. Over the course of some unfortunate events, Ana passes away and Clara takes the baby to raise as her own. Seven years later we see Clara struggling to protect her little lycanthrope as he starts to resent her.
The special effects were a little better than I expected and the cinematography wasn't too shabby either. The run time seemed a hair too long but I enjoyed the story, which was almost as much a fantasy about the struggles of motherhood than a typical werewolf tale. 8 hairy kid backs out of 10.
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