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Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Quite simply outstanding.
by MikeT (movies profile) (Jun 18, 2004)
5 of 8 people found this review helpful
As we approach the Academy Awards, the plaudits will be bestowed upon other features. But in this film, we have the Best Picture of the year. If Martin Scorcese directed... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A
Excellent!
by NickV (movies profile) (Mar 25, 2004)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
This is one of the best movies ever! Does a wondeful job of weaving the stories of multiple charcters into one story. Also, you get so into the film hat after 15 minutes... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
The Best!
by Leonardo (movies profile) (Mar 10, 2004)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
A great movie, the actors (not professionals) are astonishing, the script is a very good adaptation of a very good book. The editing is genious, the light is fantastic, s... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A+
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
SEE IT!
by Brian (movies profile) (Mar 10, 2004)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
This movie cannot be described in words. You should go ready to think about everything and be ready to be shocked because they dont hold back. They put it all on the li... Full Review

Overall Grade: A
Story: A+
Acting: A-
Direction: A
Visuals: A
Best Foreign Film Ever
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Dec 28, 2005)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
In my opinion, 'City of God' is the best foreign language film ever made. It is a complex, deep, and chillingly real montage of interconnecting short stories following th... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A+
"One of the best films you'll ever see!"
by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Nov 28, 2004)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
The film revolves around the, “City of God,” a favela (or ghetto) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a horrifying area where drug dealers run the community, and where childre... Full Review

Overall Grade: A-
Story: A-
Acting: B+
Direction: A-
Visuals: B+
Say Hello to My Little Brazilian Friend
by Philip (movies profile) (Jun 13, 2007)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I read a review that compared this movie to Scarface. I don't know that this is Scarface so much as Goodfellas. Young guy surviving on the streets in a hard world. Reg... Full Review

Overall Grade: A+
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Would win best picture if Oscar were at all honest
by EdK (movies profile) (Mar 28, 2004)
5 of 9 people found this review helpful
Everyone interested in the movie industry should see this film. It's a work of great art. There hasn't been a film this good made in America in a long time.  

Overall Grade: A+
Story: A+
Acting: A
Direction: A+
Visuals: A-
in city of gods ,god gave inspiration
by Victor (movies profile) (Mar 25, 2004)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
i saw 3 times each time i found new things that made me want to view it again in hope of experiencing such colourful feelings one more time.it has the pace of pulp fictio... Full Review

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Some Clarifying Points
by First (movies profile) (Feb 28, 2006)
3 of 5 people found this review helpful
I've noticed that a lot of the negative comments towards this movie have some of the same points: confusion and missunderstanding. So I figured I'd write what this movie... Full Review
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