andrewfleming-57891 This film is amazing. City of God tells the true story of a young Brazilian boy growing up in Rio debJaneiro and his attempts to avoid the local gangs. The best thing about this film is the direction. At the very start of the film we are thrown into the frenzy of Rocket and from then on the entire film moves at a non stop pace. It is breathtaking. Some of the scenes are very shocking which helps to portray a true image of this boys tough life. The flashback scenes also work very well, such as The Story of the Apartment.This film is also a technichal achievement. The cinematography and background sounds help to capture the shocking scenes in almost a horrifying manner. The actors all do a very good job too, considering their lack of experience. In general, this is an excellently paced film with a brilliant plot. Truly wonderful.

adonis98-743-186503 Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Cidade De Deus (City of God) has a very stylish look as a film but i also enjoyed the camera frame work at the beginning and how it was spinning so damn fast. Unfortunately despite the excellent camera work and very good cinematography the film was extremely slow pacing and that kinda took me out of the whole thing since the acting was pretty good and the way that it depicts some events were brutally honest and 100% violent but as i said the pacing was very off and just made me yawn in certain moments. (5.5/10)

natty-94145 Seriously good film, it's "foreignness" is IRRELEVANTThe cinematography, the narration, the pacing, the energy, the interwoven story-telling. This film is fantastic. It's a shame that its "foreignness" matters. I love seeing the feeling of these characters and the way it depicts revenge and the cycle of violence. It's MAD!If you don't speak Brasilian Portuguese, watch it with reading glasses and enjoy.

rokbaljak I liked the movie, the First half was perfect and the other one was ok. The only problem was the shaky cam that got kinda annoying. The movie gets a bit too dark. But no, I MEAN DARK AS YOU CANNOT SEE what is happening. Otherwise good character development and setting. 7.5/10.