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By John Anderson (1,358) for Washington Post (9,851) on 28 Feb 2008

So much emotional traffic streams through this City of Men that it's easy to miss a narrative turnoff…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 28 Feb 2008

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…

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By Jeanne Aufmuth (581) for Palo Alto Weekly (965) on 27 Feb 2008

Paulo Morelli mines old territory in yet another ode to Rio's vivid favelas…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 26 Feb 2008

Utilizes its slum locale not for inquisitive sociological inquiry but blah melodrama and stereotypical gangster histrionics…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 25 Feb 2008

City of Men is clunky and often contrived, but there’s something haunting about fatherless boys in a blighted place fumbling to teach themselves…

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By Michael Ferraro (107) for Bronsonfive (27) on 20 Feb 2008

Imagine City of God by way of One Tree Hill and you got yourself City of Men…

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By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Feb 2008

Fans of the series will be happy to know what's become of Acerola and Laranjinha, and newcomers may very well flock to the next Sundance Channel…

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By Derek Elley (230) for Variety (12,700) on 01 Dec 2007

Despite its sudsy storyline, this second tour through the punk-infested Rio slums could attract more mature arthouse auds, drawn by character…

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