In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola's wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a... (Full plot summary below)
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In the slum in Morro da Sinuca, a couple of days before turning eighteen year-old, Laranjinha tells his best friend and also orphan Acerola that he misses his unknown father. Acerola decides to help his needy friend to find his father and they discover that he is in prison convicted for killing a man during a robbery and near to be released on parole. Meanwhile, Acerola's wife and babysitter Cris is invited to work in São Paulo and she sees the chance to raise money to buy a house of her own; she tells Acerola that he must take care of their son Clayton alone for one year. When the owner of the hill and Laranjinha's cousin Madrugadão is betrayed by his right-hand Nefasto, he is expelled from the slum and Laranjinha and Acerola have also to leave the hill. While Madrugadão plots a plan to invade and recover the hill with the support of the gang of the drug lord from Morro do Careca, Acerola and Laranjinha unravel the past of their fathers.
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| NewsdayGene SeymourDespite its contrivances and flashiness, City of Men somehow wins you over with its steady, underlying flow of intimacy and compassion. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinCity Of Men has its share of problems, but being too entertaining isn't one of them. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekMay mean well, but its soapy plot and comparatively flabby execution make for a surprisingly tepid combination. |
| Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaIn many ways, City of Men is like a Portuguese-language version of David Simon's "The Wire." |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA gripping companion piece to the Oscar-nominated 2002 gangster masterpiece City of God. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeThe film's overriding message that love and friendship exist under the most hopeless of circumstances is what makes City of Men such a worthy, compelling drama. |
| Lessons of DarknessNick SchagerUtilizes its slum locale not for inquisitive sociological inquiry but blah melodrama and stereotypical gangster histrionics. |
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthPaulo Morelli mines old territory in yet another ode to Rio's vivid favelas. |
| Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzCity of Men is outstanding in its own right, a moving story of the bleak lives of those living in the favelas, or slums, slaves to the drug-gang violence there, so immune to the constant danger that it simply becomes part of their lives. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersStill, City of Men is a very good film on multiple levels, not the least of which is that the relationship between Ace and Wallace is continually intriguing, emotional and dynamic. |
