Movie Review: City of God

kheon — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 20:19:00 +0000

This week I’ve dealt with a sick househould however the misses and I were able to watch a movie that came in last weekend. It’s a foreign film (yes, that means subtitles). The movie was City of God. To start out, here is the description stolen from Netflix:

Busca-Pe (Alexandre Rodrigues) lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He’s frightened he’ll end up like the countless others around him—troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer’s eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken “city” unfold. …

Wasn’t really sure what to expect with this one and it certainly surprised me on more then one occasion. It is a very brutal (and I do mean brutal) look at life in the slums of Rio de Janeiro. Movies like this always seem to make you appreciate all that you have.

Giving this one 4 stars.

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Movie Review: City of God