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City Of Men
SERIES: Sundance, Tuesday 9:00p (35 minutes)

9.9 based on 7 reviews read critic reviews how did we calculate this? based on 13 votes read user comments rate this tv show

FILM:

• City Of God

• Official Brazilian Site
• Official Sundance Channel Site

Starring Douglas Silva, and Darlan Cunha

This new series utilizes the actors and locale of the 2002 Brazilian film City of God, but is set in the present day and follows new characters, centering on a pair of 13-year-old boys living in the slums of Rio De Janeiro.

GENRE(S):	Drama
CREATED BY:	Fernando Meirelles Katia Lund
FIRST AIR DATE:	April 4, 2006

In Portugese with English subtitles.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

"City of Men" pulses with the kind of energy you don't get often on American television, and the realness of the shot-on-location scene really makes each episode feel like a minimovie.

91

Entertainment Weekly Dalton Ross

Those unfamiliar with the film may find some scenes--like when the actors break character to tell their real-life stories--a bit jarring. [7 Apr 2006, p.54]

90

Salon Heather Havrilesky

Unlike anything else you've ever seen on TV.

90

Slate Troy Patterson

It smoothly toggles between working as a crime melodrama and a coming-of-age tale, as a harrowing piece of social commentary and a gentle bit of farce.

80

The New York Times Charles McGrath

The closest American popular television has ever come to this kind of close-up realism is probably the drug-dealing scenes in "The Wire" on HBO, and even they seem a little tame and stagey compared with what takes place in Dona Marta.

80

Hollywood Reporter Marilyn Moss

The humorous moments are all the more precious because life is so tough in this engrossing series.

80

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

It's a work whose immense vitality and a persuasive naturalism overcome its occasional paroxysms of style or hammered-home points.

The average user rating for this tv show is 9.9 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it a10:
Absolutely incredible. This could very well be the best tv show I've ever seen from any country. The film making, acting and character development are all amazing. Highly, highly recommended.

Broderick W. gave it a10:
This is the best show on black drama television.

Stacey S. gave it a10:
I have been sleep for a while until I saw City of Men. Americans have no idea of what it means to struggle. Homeless people here are considered middle class compared to children in Rio de Janerio. This series has inspired me to stay conscious to the struugle and pray for justice.

Roy W gave it a10:
It's a living, breathing show. The favela really comes alive in each episode and while I've never been to Brazil, I have been to the slums in the Philippines and the series reminds me of the friends and family I used to know back then.

mario s gave it a10:
that´s a realy good show, has everything !!!

xavier g gave it a10:
great film overal... i could watch ti over and over.. one of the best and real shows i have ever seen..

Nancy H gave it a9:
Excellent show--here's one that integrates cool use of the camera and effects that does not over-run the content of the show. Characters are compelling--from every side, and the look into this culture is fascinating. A must TV watch.

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