Fernando Meirelles

Gang violence escalates in the neighborhood of a kid who wants to be a photographer.

It's a fairly interesting story, I guess. I never really got behind any of the characters. It seems like they had to make a choice between focusing on an unlikable character (a cold-blooded murderer), or on a relatively boring character (the protagonist/narrator). They went with the unlikable one, which is certainly the better of the two, but they shouldn't have had to make that choice in the first place. I show more mean, if your protagonist is boring, make a different movie.

Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: A
Acting: A
Music: B

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 2.7/4 show less

I liked this movie a lot for it's political statement and the fact that it was filmed on location in Kibera, a large slum area in Nairobi, and used locals for some of the walk-ons.

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