City of God
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.
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Better for ages 16+: heavy violence, heavy language
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Is "City of God" appropriate for children?
ValorScore's Content Advisory for "City of God" is "Heavy" (57/100), measuring sex, violence, language, and drug use. See the full per-axis breakdown below to decide if it fits your family.
See the per-axis breakdownDoes "City of God" have woke/ideological content?
In ValorScore's editorial reading, "City of God" has ideological presence rated "Clean". This is editorial opinion, not a verdict — see the axes and their evidence in the breakdown below. The overall ValorScore (cleanliness + value + audience rating) is 90/100. See every axis and its evidence in the breakdown below.
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Axes on a 0–10 scale (the score at the top of the page runs 0 to 100).
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Ideological reading (editorial opinion)
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