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By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 12 Jun 2006

It's slick homogeneity, co-produced by Salles and co-funded by the Brazilian petroleum giant Petrobras, of a kind that commonly finds U.S…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for New Yorker (1,403) on 11 Jun 2006

In the end, Lower City is never quite as energetic as it wants to be, touched by the strange, milky lethargy that steeps every waterfront film…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 29 May 2006

Hot' is the word for this look into the less touristy parts of Brazil…

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By Timothy Knight (332) for Reel.com (1,232) on 25 May 2006

The Lower City is a disappointing picture that's less than the sum of its sporadically involving parts…

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By Deborah Young (235) for Variety (12,700) on 18 Feb 2006

Though the storyline is dirt simple and not particularly meaningful or involving, the action in this character-driven film is scintillatingly sexy…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for BBC.com (1,500) on 06 Dec 2005

Machado cleverly undercuts audience expectations and refuses to make moral judgements about the behaviour of the threesome, choosing instead…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 06 Dec 2005

Enjoyable drama that is like a cross between City of God and Y Tu Mama Tambien, with lashings of sex and violence and even the odd bit of ****-fighting…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 06 Dec 2005

All three principals give gutsy, intuitive performances; they generate a juice of pure sexual need and [director Sergio] Machado's camera drinks…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 06 Dec 2005

Lower City is essentially an intimate, well-observed, compassionate film about what happens when lust gets in the way of friendship…

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By Duane Byrge (235) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 25 Sep 2005

It's unlikely that even the most sophisticated or jaded of festival audiences will kindly endure the onslaught of viciousness on display…

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