Title: God would not have cared any less
Product review: The problem with docudramas is that these at times fail to create the dread, the fear, the disgust and the sympathy which a darker form of movie making can. In this Brazilian movie, about the eponymous Rio De Janeiro slum of the 70s, the central character, who is the narrator too, fails to evoke the pathos in the viewer, which the movie should have. In fact, at the end of the goings on, one does not feel too strongly about the violence in the movie either. It could have been a very impactful movie had the drama been made more intense and powerful. Ram Gopal Verma-ish treatment of this script would have created a wonderful movie. There were many moments in the script which could have been nail biting had its (the script) treatment been more feature film like.
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