8.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
City of God (2002)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.5
Overview
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Starring Cast
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Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
City of God implicitly critiques systemic poverty, social inequality, and the failure of state institutions through its raw depiction of cyclical violence in Rio's favelas, aligning its dominant themes with progressive concerns about societal structures.
The movie features a cast that naturally reflects the diverse demographics of its Brazilian favela setting, without explicit DEI-driven casting or race/gender swaps of traditionally white roles. The narrative explores socio-economic themes and the cycle of violence, offering an indirect critique of societal conditions rather than explicitly targeting traditional identities as villains.
Secondary
City of God primarily explores themes of crime, poverty, and survival in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or storylines, focusing instead on heterosexual relationships and the violent realities of its setting.
The film "City of God" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on crime, poverty, and the cycle of violence within the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, without engaging with gender identity beyond cisgender portrayals.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "City of God" is an adaptation of Paulo Lins' novel. All major characters retain the same gender as established in the source material, with no instances of a character canonically one gender being portrayed as another.
The film is an adaptation of a Brazilian novel set in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. The characters, both in the source material and on screen, are consistently portrayed as Black or mixed-race Brazilians, aligning with the story's context. No character established as one race in the source material is depicted as a different race in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
8.4
Critic Ratings
9.1
7.9
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