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02/29/08
City of Men (2008)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:57
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Brutal and unflinching, City of Men is both a harrowing look at Brazil's favela life, and a touching tale of youths rushed into adulthood.
Theatrical Release:Feb 29, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $242,655
Synopsis: Director Fernando Meirelles scored an unexpected hit with his disquieting 2003 feature CITY OF GOD. Subsequent years saw plenty of similar fare emerging from Brazil, and Meirelles even lent a hand... [More]
Starring: Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Rodrigo Dos Santos
Director: Paulo Morelli
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Reviews for City of Men
City of Men is outstanding in its own right, a moving story of the bleak lives of those living in the favelas, or slums, slaves to the drug-gang violence there, so immune to the constant danger that it simply becomes part of their lives.
02/28/08
...not a sequel to City of God, although it sometimes feels like a junior-varsity version of the older movie.
03/14/08
Though the histrionics of City of Men are a bit obvious, and it lacks the bravado of City of God, it's ultimately a more rewarding film.
02/29/08
City of Men is an intriguing but incompletely developed heir to the far superior City of God.
02/29/08
City Of Men has its share of problems, but being too entertaining isn't one of them. The film isn't bad by any means, but after God's adrenaline-shots-to-the-heart rush, the laid-back storytelling comes off as a little sleepy.
02/28/08
There isn't enough heft to the protagonists. City of Men tries to flesh out the victims of harsh favela life, but too often they register as scurrying figures in a human ant farm.
02/29/08
Where City of God was ferocious, grandiose, and glamorous, this movie is modest and intimate, acoustic where the other was desperate to electrify.
02/29/08
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04/23/09
The caliber of this picture’s writing, directing and acting, along with the clear chances the filmmakers are willing to take, should not be understated.
02/29/08
Imagine City of God by way of One Tree Hill and you got yourself City of Men.
02/20/08
I wish I hadn't seen the masterpiece City of God before the current City of Men, which is a more conventional story in the same setting. Judged on its own merits, the latter film still makes a considerable emotional impact.
02/29/08
The story might have been lifted from an old Warner Brothers melodrama, though it's smartly paced, sincerely delivered, and consistently absorbing.
02/29/08
The new picture, directed by Paulo Morelli, does not try to compete with the dizzying visual gyrations and propulsive, nearly maniacal energy of the previous one, which was directed by Fernando Meirelles.
02/28/08
Top CriticDespite considerable dramatic interest, Morelli's loose, lengthy structure makes it a labor to hang in with.
07/05/08
Similar to City of God, though on a slightly lesser scale, City of Men presents a plot that is equally tragic and exciting.
02/29/08
City of Men is a nerve-racking, strangely beautiful story that balances ambiguity in one hand and hope in the other.
02/29/08
A brilliant piece of filmmaking in the way it contrasts the beauty of Rio de Janeiro with the violence that affects the lives of the teens living in the city's favelas.
02/27/08
Morelli's film is most effective at its most documentarian, when it focuses on street detail and the casual, everyday behavior of the people inside the desperate favelas.
03/07/08
Director Paulo Morelli elicits the longing of two teens to discover the identities of their absent fathers as gang wars of their Rio favela close in on them.
12/20/07
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