City of God - #17

This was the last film in my movie marathon yesterday.

IMDB rating: 8.7
My rating: 9.5

Wow. That's all I can say about City of God. This movie was incredible. It joined my rapidly growing list of potential best movies of all time.

Throughout the entire movie, I kept thinking of Slumdog Millionaire. The two movies use similar cinematic styles and have similar plots. I personally liked both movies, but I think City of God was way better. The storytelling style also reminded me a little of Quentin Tarantino.

City of God was a brutally honest look at Cidade de Deus, a slum outside Rio de Janeiro. It follows the narrator as he grows up in this city riddled with gangs, drugs, and violence.

This movie is not for the squeamish, but I highly recommend it.