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City of Men (2008)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Wesley Morris "...modest and intimate..." more... C   Chicago Tribune Geoff Berkshire "...gunfire just feels awkward in the midst of a more conventional example of world cinema." more... B- Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman "...as heavy with message as any Hollywood delinquent drama of the late '50s." more... B- filmcritic.com Chris Cabin "...the film has a fleeting interest in all the characters it brushes up against..." more... C   San Francisco Chronicle Ruthe Stein "...a compelling and visually arresting drama..." more... B   Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bill White "Although flashbacks, borrowed from the series, help establish their long-standing friendship, parts of City of Men remain sketchy..." more... B   USA Today Claudia Puig "...demonstrates the power of human resilience." more... B   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)