City of Men [2008] Movie Reviews on CinemaClock

The movie puts you inside the life in a Brazilian favela, which becomes a very realistic experience. You can feel the heat, people's poverty, friendship and fear of the gang violence. Although it has a lot of gun shooting, it's neither a criminal action flic in a hollywood sense, nor is it a documentary type depressing depiction of the bleak reality. It has a very good balance between suspense and real human issues. In the end all the characters make sense how they got there. It has no flat hero or vilain characters, just normal people making choices under their circumstances, yet the struggle between the good and evil is always on the edge. The acting was very good, no deliveries of passionate "Oscar worthy" speaches or other dramatic tricks, yet the motivation and inner struggles of each character were felt and understood.

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Frost/Nixon [2008]	9/10
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Born into Brothels [2004]	9/10
Coach Carter [2005]	9/10
Immortal: Ad Vitam [2004]	9/10
Bukowski: Born Into This [2002]	9/10
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The Fog of War [2004]	9/10
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L'Audition [2005]	8/10
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Sin City [2005]	8/10
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Shaun of the Dead [2004]	8/10
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Pontypool [2008]	7/10
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Saving Luna [2007]	7/10
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Frozen River [2008]	7/10
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Sex and the City [2008]	7/10
Tropic Thunder [2008]	7/10
The Edge of Heaven [2007]	7/10
Wanted [2008]	7/10
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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [2008]	7/10
The Visitor [2007]	7/10
Iron Man [2008]	7/10
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The Band's Visit [2007]	7/10
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Enchanted [2007]	7/10
City of Men [2008]	7/10
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There Will Be Blood [2007]	7/10
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Atonement [2007]	7/10
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Superbad [2007]	7/10
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Michael Clayton [2007]	7/10
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The World'Â’s Best Commercials [2006]	7/10
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Stardust [2007]	7/10
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Sunshine [2007]	7/10
Ocean's Thirteen [2007]	7/10
Ten Canoes [2006]	7/10
Bugs Bunny Film Festival [0]	7/10
28 Weeks Later... [2007]	7/10
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Fido [2006]	7/10
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The Prestige [2006]	7/10
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Banlieue 13 [2004]	7/10
Friends with Money [2006]	7/10
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Deep Blue [2003]	7/10
2005 Cannes International Advertising Festival [2005]	7/10
The Matador [2006]	7/10
Hostel [2006]	7/10
King Kong [2005]	7/10
Paradise Now [2005]	7/10
Thumbsucker [2005]	7/10
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Separate Lies [2005]	7/10
Pride & Prejudice [2005]	7/10
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Grizzly Man [2005]	7/10
The Beautiful Country [2004]	7/10
Proof [2005]	7/10
The Exorcism of Emily Rose [2005]	7/10
Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith [2005]	7/10
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Darwin's Nightmare [2004]	7/10
Oldboy [2003]	7/10
Moolaadé [2004]	7/10
National Treasure [2004]	7/10
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events [2004]	7/10
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Primer [2004]	7/10
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Two Brothers [2004]	7/10
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [2004]	7/10
Dawn of the Dead [2004]	7/10
Miracle [2004]	7/10
Along Came Polly [2004]	7/10
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Sunshine Cleaning [2009]	6/10
My Bloody Valentine [2009]	6/10
Babine [2008]	6/10
Mamma Mia! [2008]	6/10
I Served the King of England [2006]	6/10
Ben X [2007]	6/10
Young @ Heart [2007]	6/10
The Year My Parents Went on Vacation [2006]	6/10
12:08 East of Bucharest [2006]	6/10
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day [2008]	6/10
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Honeydripper [2007]	6/10
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Charlie Bartlett [2007]	6/10
The World's Best Commercials [2007]	6/10
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This Is England [2006]	6/10
My Kid Could Paint That [2007]	6/10
Odette Toulemonde [2007]	6/10
Lars and the Real Girl [2007]	6/10
Eastern Promises [2007]	6/10
Journey from the Fall [2006]	6/10
Paprika [2006]	6/10
Mon meilleur ami [2006]	6/10
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Offside [2006]	6/10
The Lookout [2006]	6/10
Volver [2006]	6/10
Into Great Silence [2005]	6/10
Only Human [2004]	6/10
Omagh [2004]	6/10
A Prairie Home Companion [2006]	6/10
Inside Man [2006]	6/10
Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang [2005]	6/10
Corpse Bride [2005]	6/10
The Aristocrats [2005]	6/10
Feux rouges [2004]	6/10
The Agronomist [2004]	6/10
Closer [2004]	6/10
Silent Waters [2004]	6/10
The Story of The Weeping Camel [2004]	6/10
Open Water [2003]	6/10
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi [2003]	6/10
Mean Girls [2004]	6/10
House of Sand and Fog [2003]	6/10
Spartan [2004]	6/10
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus [2009]	5/10
Redbelt [2008]	5/10
Imax: Hurricane on the Bayou [2006]	5/10
The Darjeeling Limited [2007]	5/10
Brand Upon the Brain! [2006]	5/10
Inland Empire [2006]	5/10
Iraq in Fragments [2006]	5/10
U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha [2005]	5/10
The Holy Girl [2004]	5/10
Million Dollar Baby [2004]	5/10
Shaolin Soccer [2002]	5/10
Ginger Snaps [2001]	5/10
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [2007]	3/10
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Old Joy [2006]	2/10
The Animation Show 3 [2007]	2/10
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story [2005]	1/10
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