Find Movies & TV
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
Explore
Movies & TV Shows
Most Popular
Leaving Soon
Categories
Action
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Descriptive Audio
Documentary
Drama
En Español
Horror
Music
Romance
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Western
Explore
Browse Channels
Featured Channels
Stargate by MGM
Hallmark Movies & More
The First 48 by A&E
Categories
Hit TV
Drama TV
True Crime
Comedy
News
Sports
Reality
History & Science
Movies
Sci-Fi & Action
Classic TV
Food & Home
Lifestyle
Nature & Travel
Daytime TV
Game Shows
Kids & Family
Anime+
Chills & Thrills
International
En Español
Music
Sign In
Neon Bull
Directed by
Gabriel Mascaro
Not Rated
2016
1h 41m
Drama
6.8
88%
67%
Add to Watchlist
Iremar works at the rodeo in North East of Brazil. From his home, the truck used to transport the animals, he dreams of a future in the region's booming clothing industry.
More
Where to Watch Neon Bull
Kanopy
Free
Apple TV
Rent $3.99
Buy $8.99
Google Play Movies
Rent $3.99
Buy $9.99
YouTube
Rent $3.99
Buy $9.99
Cast of Neon Bull
Juliano Cazarré
Iremar
Alyne Santana
Cacá
Maeve Jinkings
Galega
Vinícius de Oliveira
Junior
Carlos Pessoa
Zé
Samya de Lavor
Geisy
Josinaldo da Silva
Mário
Abigail Pereira
Valquíria
Roberto Birindelli
Fazendeiro
Daniel Mario Ferreira de Carvalho
Pintor de Pedras
Cleyton Aphonso
Vendedor de calcinhas
William Farias do Egito
Massagista Equino / Doma India
Marcelo Caetano
Vendedor de Etiquetas
Alex Farias
Assistente de Cabelereira de Cavalo
Anibal Ferreira
Leiloeiro
Rodrigo Loureiro
Vendedor Leilão
José Barbosa da Silva
Tratador de Holywood
Adailton André de Paiva
Tratador Lady Di
Gabriel Mascaro
Director
Cesar Turim
Writer
Marcelo Gomes
Writer
Daniel Bandeira
Writer
Rachel Ellis
Producer
Neon Bull Ratings & Reviews
The Blue Lenses
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The Neon Bull exists well beyond the realm of didacticism, surrendering instead to the joys and the discomforts of the senses.
San Diego CityBeat
Glenn Heath Jr.
The film creates a distinct sense of time and place, following the characters into their makeshift domiciles and elaborate corrals that guide each bull toward the arena.
MiamiArtZine
Rubén Rosario
Even at its most sensational, there's a no-frills naturalism that makes Neon Bull easy to take in.
Out Magazine
Armond White
Neon Bull doesn't move viewers toward political consciousness about either animal cruelty or human tenderness. Iremar and his disadvantaged cohorts rouse fascination about beasts (mammals), not human beings or citizens.
Eye for Film
Amber Wilkinson
Relationships and what could be seen as traditional gender roles ripple as fluidly as the muscles on a bull's back, as Mascaro immerses us in Iremar's world.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Most of the movie is poking bulls, blaring rodeo announcers, time spent in the back of the truck as the bulls are moved from point A to point B. Not exactly riveting stuff ...
San Diego Reader
Scott Marks
With all the grace and symmetry of a peacock fanning its tail, director Gabriel Mascaro reveals his hand in quixotic blasts of expressionistic color, graphic sensuality, and a few things we've never before seen on film...
Chicago Reader
Leah Pickett
The cowboy character would have benefited from a stronger story arc, but Cazarré is quietly charismatic in the role, a Brando-esque figure searching for meaning beyond maschismo.
Newcity
Ray Pride
A succession of voluptuary visuals in its sketched-in scenes and dabs of poetic fancy, with humans, with animals and with humans who dance wearing a mask of a horse's head.
Boston Globe
Peter Keough
Mascaro works much like his protagonist, gathering together details, images, and scenes to create unexpected visions. The narrative seems desultory and repetitive until it coalesces into some arresting, if not perverse, sequences.
San Francisco Chronicle
Walter V. Addiego
There's talent on view here, but in service of a questionable proposition, with the whole thing tiptoeing toward the exploitative.
Film Comment Magazine
Jonathan Romney
The wordless way that they click suggests a sexual telepathy, there's real tenderness in their sounds and movements, and the characters seem to be having a really good time-which is still something of a rarity when it comes to sex in art cinema.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
The languid pace and barnyard earthiness won't be to everybody's taste, but it's hard to deny Mascaro's vision.
RogerEbert.com
Godfrey Cheshire
The characters are given no real depth-they're types more than people-and the narrative has practically zero dramatic tension or development.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
"Neon Bull" is a profound reflection on the intersection of the human and bestial.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
There's considerable talent on view here, even if it's mostly expended on local color, incidental moments, and random weirdness. Maybe Mascaro should try grabbing the horns next time, rather than the tail.
Film Comment Magazine
Violet Lucca
With scalpel-like precision, Gabriel Mascaro's second narrative feature frankly yet effortlessly explores sexuality, environmental issues, and suffering both human and animal.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
Everything in the film is understood to be a subsumed sex act, with actual sex serving as a contextualizing catharsis.
The Playlist
Katie Walsh
Mascaro's film is an auspicious, original, and absorbing work that thrills with its look into this little-seen world and the dreamers that inhabit it.
Slant Magazine
Clayton Dillard
Its thematic and formal execution invites comparisons to the equally caustic work of Lav Diaz.
Watch Neon Bull Videos
Neon Bull
Neon Bull
Trailer
Take Plex everywhere
Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices
Home
Live TV
On Demand
Discover
