Don't bother with the negative comments. Of course this series is far from great, but is entertaining. You would have some idea of how the things work in favela.
In brazil most of people have the "mutt syndrome". It means that these people always find better the things in another country than brazil. For example. Change this actors for some teenage american actors, then change the city from São Paulo to New York, finally change the funk for hip hop and I bet this series will have at least 7,5 on imdb.
7,5/10
7,5/10