Gomorrah is a thoroughly engaging, well directed crime drama with a strong script and terrific performances. Highly recommended.
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10/10/08
Gomorrah (2009)
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Reviews Counted:118
Fresh:107
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Portraying organised crime with an unflinching realism, this gritty and searing Italian crime masterpiece pulls no punches.
Theatrical Release:10-10-2008
Synopsis: Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah is a dense, sprawling exposé of the corruption plaguing the communities of Naples and Caserta in modern-day Italy. The all-powerful Camorra syndicate influences the lives... [More]
Starring: Salvatore Abruzzese, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Toni Servillo
Director: Matteo Garrone
Reviews for Gomorrah
This may not be a perfect movie but it is memorable, angry at what it finds but determined not to produce either lily-white heroes or colourful villains.
10/10/08
The remorseless, glamourless scenes – their businesslike realism, their shrugging fatalism, their workaday brutality – come closer than most films to identifying and depicting the “banality of evil”.
10/10/08
Consequently, there is not enough time to get close enough to any of the characters. But if your interest in crime clans extends beyond big guns, this is a must-see.
10/10/08
Easily the finest of the week's films, though it's unlikely to be showing anywhere near you, is Gomorrah, a warts-and-all Italian drama about the threat posed to civilisation by organised crime in Naples and beyond.
10/10/08
A searing, epic vision of a city in the grip of gangland terror. The multi-stranded plot takes some unpacking, but the characters, camerawork and unflinching realism compel like a gun to the head. The best gangster saga since City Of God.
10/10/08
Blame TV’s magisterial The Wire if Gomorrah seems superficial. But whereas TV has multiple episodes to penetrate the heart of its story, Matteo and co are to be commended for this all-encompassing overview of organised crime.
10/10/08
But his prowling observational technique makes it pungent and frightening in scene after scene, an entry-pass to some obscure circle of hell. All in all, not an easy night out, but not an easy one to forget, either.
10/10/08
Top CriticGomorrah is a powerful example of that thrilling current of energy which right now is lighting up Italian cinema.
10/10/08
Top CriticGreat films change the way we think about cinema. A masterpiece can alter our perception of life. Matteo Garrone’s startling film, Gomorrah, about the criminal underworld in Naples, is one of these rare movies.
10/10/08
Top CriticIf you want to see a gangster film that isn't all about stylized violence, then Gomorrah is for you. More thoughtful than most gangland films, its attempt to show how organized crime has infiltrated every level of society is impressive.
10/10/08
Top CriticA focused, multi-stranded drama about how ordinary lives and ambitions are impinged upon in a society where the parameters of business, justice and everyday life are heavily defined and warped by the influence of organised crime.
10/10/08
Top CriticA sombre, slow, but well-paced study of organised crime in urban Naples that leaves a very grim taste in the mouth.
10/10/08
Top CriticCheck that omerta b.s. at the door. This is all about the bottom line.
11/22/09
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10/15/09
Un film à la fois lourd, tragique et hautement instructif figurant assurément parmi les plus marquants à avoir été réalisés sur le sujet.
06/30/09
Dicen mucho más sobre la Camorra las leyendas finales del film que las dos horas y pico que les precedieron.
06/04/09
The result, while admirable, is curiously flat and unengaging.
05/22/09
It is a challenging approach, and while there is suspense and action (including a spectacular car crash), there is frustration as a result of the regular cutting from one story to another.
05/15/09
We don't get to know the characters, exactly, but we experience something more interesting: we are brought into disconcerting, almost documentary proximity with the lives they lead and the worlds they inhabit.
05/15/09
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