Sadly Over-hyped

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Just a quick note about the the chemistry of this show. It all works. Extremely well. The plot lines worked very well, drawing the viewer into the worlds of both the very rich and the lower working class of Rio, Brazil, exposing the inner workings of both street politics and traditional politics found within Brazil. The show has been able to pull together an extremely talented cast from Brazilian Television. The structure of the show is much better than your run of the mill novella normally found on Brazilian Television. I heard that there may only be one season due to tax issues with the government of Brazil. That is a pity. I hope that the producers are able to resolve the issues and begin generating additional episodes (The writers believe they have another 4 years of scripts available).