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Noorjahan

13May12

I absolutely love this film.. possibly because it's so goddamn bleak and it's stripped of all melodrama, and because it's telling a necessary story about my messed up home.

ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ

25Nov11

a very good made dramatic movie... but i only can say: FUCK THIS FUCKING FALSE WORLD !!!

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Charles Deckert

22Nov11

Compare to Abel Ferrara's "Napoli, Napoli, Napoli" (2009), the only other film I know of that touches on modern Italy's affliction.

Nathan.

24Oct11

Such an utterly depressing film, brilliantly shot, really well acted and completely eye-opening.

Certainly a film that paints a gritty picture. At times it does seem to lumber awkwardly, but between the cinematography and the matter of fact violence it manages to create a distinctly Italian and modern version of the mafia.

Pulpwino

23Jul11

Would I be amiss in thinking that this film is a modern, italo-neorealist take on the Camorra?

Dave

25May11

Intriguing to me mainly due to my own interest in the Camorra... the film itself is a bit of a letdown.

lasttimeisaw

27Apr11

an Italian version of GOD OF CITY.

nurrrit

8Apr11

Me temo que me pareció más fina que Ciudad de Dios

Rahul

10Mar11

this is not a movie about top mob family but about ppl who r at fringe ,5 stories and all characters move in some way ,some scenes stand out :-kid bulletproof shooting CUT to kid looking in mirror,two young guys going crazy after getting guns and their killing scene,shoot out in car in tailor story,shoot and long take after the old guy runs who is counting money ,amazing stuff,superb camerawork showing charcter POV

Caden Cotard

5Mar11

An incredible, neorealistic take on the mafia. Francis Ford Coppola, eat your heart out.

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Barking Muffin

17Jan11

Masterpiece of modern cinema!

Cremildo

11Jan11

It makes THE GODFATHER look even more romanticized than it already is.

Chris Jones

16Dec10

Very interesting stories presented in the most boring fashion imaginable.

faridaamar

21Nov10

I think you all are being to hard on this film. It had harmony displayed through fragments... this is what life is really like. No one ever has all the pieces of the story, and this film left enough mystery to hold my interest all the way through. Not to mention that it was absolutely beautiful.

skylervm

25Oct10

Worth watching if only for the history behind it, but didn't quite enjoy it as a movie. While a few characters stand out and allow you to become somewhat invested in them, most don't and you end up wondering why you just spend 2.5 hours watching a movie that just leaves you with nothing more than "meh..."

EastyBoy

22Sep10

This was a very good watch, although flawed. I felt that it could have been a great film, maybe a masterpiece, but it just didn't quite gel into one. That said, it had many great individual elements to it and It's a film that needed to be made.

Hardian Zudianto

9Sep10

I like it much better than Traffic, for I don't like Traffic ;p.

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Conor

29Jun10

Extremely disappointing. Overlong, the individual stories are not interesting enough to warrant the runtime. The stories themselves weren't particularly new or interesting. Re: it's realism and brutality - it was dull. Trying to be gritty and real does not automatically warrant acclaim.

T.J. Royal

21May10

Haven't seen it yet, but this Undercurrent article I'm sure will help me understand it better if I ever do get to see it. http://www.fipresci.org/undercurrent/issue_0609/casella_gomorra.htm

matteo

16May10

...But that's the point, Ally: there is nothing charming or intelligent about Camorra: it's brutal, ruthless and idiotic. Enough with cinematic glamorization of organized crime...

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Ally the Manic Listmaker

15May10

This film was definitely disappointing. It had none of the charm or intelligence or tension that the Godfather had. If this is realistic, give me fantasy.

Charolastra

14May10

I love the realist touch and bitchslap to the glamor-gangster style but I feel a bit indifferent to this piece. Must rewatch again in the future.

Austen Brown

7May10

Awesome movie. Almost feel like they bit off more than they could chew with the five storylines but they really are essential. the fact is that this is a dramatic documentary. it presents gangsterdom with no glamour and no sugar coating. a gorgeous movie. i just wish italian pop was better. the music over the end credits is great, but the music that the people listen to through out the movie... well, thy need to talk to someone.