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8.3 out of 10

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  • Starring: Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen
  • Summary: Growing up in a culture dictated by violence, as well as street gangs, teenagers Acerola and Laranjinha have become close as brothers. With their 18th birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past. (Miramax)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 17 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    88
    In many ways, City of Men is like a Portuguese-language version of David Simon's "The Wire."
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    75
    Director Morelli and editor Daniel Rezende know how to set up complex lines of action and keep the screws tight.
  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    City of Men is clunky and often contrived, but there's something haunting about fatherless boys in a blighted place fumbling to teach themselves what it means to be a man.

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