Good film, that attempts to discuss the whole social issue in Brazil based on a famous crime. Only it spends more time with the thrilling file images from the scene than it was necessary to tell the story. Nevertheless, 174 Bus is good cinema and good journalism. Watch it if comes to your town - Bernardo MF. Rio, Brazil

It was compelling. As the credits rolled in the dark theater afterwards, there was total silence. Our breath had been taken away. We were waiting to exhale. I spent the next day at work, telling anyone who would listen, they had to see this film, and then we'd talk about it.

It's the best movie I've seen for a long time, Padilha's film like a truly important voice. A voice that should concern anyone, especially those of us living in larger cities, anywhere. I cried, which I haven't done for years in a theatre; not out of pity, this movie is so much more than just a poor melancolic flirt. I cried near the end as people are rioting, fighting to get hold of Sandro, to lynch him; the non-futility of how real problems are generally dealt with, so saddeningly apperent in that moment.. We live in a world where judgement is passed out from those of us who can afford it, with no consideration other than in the interest of keeping us separated from those who can not. As expressed so clearly in this film, they have no voice to begin with. It seems stories like that of Sandro, could have been told on so many occasions, stories that seem so banal to us they make no more than three rows in any paper. _This_ is the true horror? For once there is an attempt to give us a view with fuller perspective - go see this amazing documentary.… Expand

You cannot help but feel for Nacimiento. To think that there are so many kids just like him out there. Tired of being "invisible", his cry for attention got him killed.

Amazingly shocking tale of a very sad and desparate young man with no specific agenda that escalated because no one was in control, not him, not the hostages, and especially not the police. The fact that the police killed him at the end was unavoidable but also inhumane. I put it up there with Munich for movies to watch just to get a glimpse into what someone is capable of doing when pushed to the point of no return and feeling no help from those who we pay our taxes for to help.… Expand