É assim que Stephen Holden, do NYTimes está chamando Cidade de Deus que estréia hoje em Nova Iorque e Los Angeles.

In “City of God,” Fernando Meirelles’s scorching anecdotal history of violence in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, a fretful boy with the cute nickname Steak & Fries (Darlan Cunha), begs for a gun that would certify his membership in one of two rival gangs. “I smoke, I snort, I’ve killed and robbed,” he pleads none too convincingly. “I’m a man.”