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City of God offers a shocking and disturbing -- but always compelling -- look at life in the slums of Rio de Janiero.
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I came away from this film impressed by its narrative control but unmoved by anything it had to say. November 8, 2011 | Full Review…
I came away from this film impressed by its narrative control but unmoved by anything it had to say.
J. R. Jones
City of God delivers a bruising, visceral experience of the vicious spiral of violence that draws kids into a life of crime, brutality and murder as the only avenue open to them. June 17, 2009 | Full Review…
City of God delivers a bruising, visceral experience of the vicious spiral of violence that draws kids into a life of crime, brutality and murder as the only avenue open to them.
David Rooney
The performances, many from non-pros, are terrific. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
The performances, many from non-pros, are terrific.
Geoff Andrew
Difficult to watch but hard to look away from. May 19, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Difficult to watch but hard to look away from.
Jeff Strickler
The living conditions it projects are as horrendous as I had feared, but the movie is surprisingly easy to take as a rollicking homicidal entertainment. March 11, 2004 | Full Review…
The living conditions it projects are as horrendous as I had feared, but the movie is surprisingly easy to take as a rollicking homicidal entertainment.
Andrew Sarris
It's like Scorsese meets Peckinpah and Sergio Leone, with a samba soundtrack. March 21, 2003 | Full Review…
It's like Scorsese meets Peckinpah and Sergio Leone, with a samba soundtrack.
Paul Byrnes
A powerful, darkly skewed coming-of-age film that peerlessly makes use of its obscure setting and striking authenticity. September 29, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
A powerful, darkly skewed coming-of-age film that peerlessly makes use of its obscure setting and striking authenticity.
Mike Massie
A masterpiece of modern filmmaking. August 13, 2020 | Full Review…
A masterpiece of modern filmmaking.
Allen Almachar
What makes City of God so breathtaking is director Fernando Meirelles' passion for these people - he gives us the color, the music and the humor... December 30, 2019 | Full Review…
What makes City of God so breathtaking is director Fernando Meirelles' passion for these people - he gives us the color, the music and the humor...
Anupama Chopra
City Of God is the very definition of cinematic lightning in a bottle. July 31, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
City Of God is the very definition of cinematic lightning in a bottle.
Matt Neal
It's point-blank perspective on murder and growing up amidst the violence will leave U.S. moviegoers feeling a macabre sense of satisfaction, immediately followed by horror, as they witnesses the vicious cycle of violence repeats itself anew. March 13, 2018 | Full Review…
It's point-blank perspective on murder and growing up amidst the violence will leave U.S. moviegoers feeling a macabre sense of satisfaction, immediately followed by horror, as they witnesses the vicious cycle of violence repeats itself anew.
Carmen Gentile
Another passionate piece of Latin American filmmaking, which documents a tragic period in Rio's history and highlights the horrors of life in poverty-line communities. Technically a remarkable filmmaking achievement too. November 8, 2011 | Full Review…
Another passionate piece of Latin American filmmaking, which documents a tragic period in Rio's history and highlights the horrors of life in poverty-line communities. Technically a remarkable filmmaking achievement too.
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