City Of God (2002)

The constant electricity of Brazil pulsates throughout the CITY OF GOD as you see cars go by and the children play and the hoods hustle. A Rio de Janeiro slum is the location as you watch the young grow up and cope with squalor and crime. Untiring activity splashes the screen and you are never standing still. I disliked the narration but liked the narrator, who is one of the denizens of the city of God. The film slowly brings you closer to how the ghetto becomes what ghettoes are--and what is really kewl is you feel the streets beneath you and you feel you understand. Dealing with subtitles was a drag. [4.9 stars]