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City of Men

Cidade dos Homens

2007

Paulo Morelli

Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen, Camila Monteiro ...

7.0

1,418

Drama. Thriller Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

	Author	Review
United States	J.R. Jones Chicago Reader	"The story might have been lifted from an old Warner Brothers melodrama, though it's smartly paced, sincerely delivered, and consistently absorbing"	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	" It's all perfectly serviceable - but it wants for freshness and vitality (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"'City of Men' has a more humane, you might say bleeding-heart, perspective on this anarchic culture than 'City of God'."	POS
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is not fully involving enough to sustain interest, though it offers plenty of undeniably pungent atmosphere along the way"	NEU
United Kingdom	Edward Lawrenson Screendaily	"Morelli shares Meirelles' scrupulous attention to authenticity. But where 'City of God' was sprawling and formally exuberant, this is a more restrained, quieter piece that retains the character-led focus of good television drama"	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"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."	NEU

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