The result, while admirable, is curiously flat and unengaging.
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05/22/09
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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
US Box Office: $1,453,147
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
Top CriticIt 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
Top CriticWe 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
Top CriticIt's a challenging approach, and while there are some terrific moments within the film, as well as suspense and action (including a spectacularly staged car crash), there's also frustration as a result of the regular cutting from one story to another.
05/13/09
Top CriticThe portrait it paints of this society in the grip of this tawdry but immensely powerful and rich organization is scary indeed.
05/13/09
Top CriticGomorrha transcends its medium and evidences humanity at its most despicable, and rates as an unconventional and unmissable instant classic.
05/13/09
Top CriticThe sinewy production could almost pass for documentary %u2013 if only doco makers could get such amazing access. But that's why the film has been hailed as groundbreaking. It is also heartbreaking.
05/08/09
Top CriticAn extraordinary film which in many ways feels like a documentary: a mosaic of explosive raw footage that pieced together knits a profoundly disturbing portrait of organised crime in Italy today
05/08/09
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
Could Gomorrah and Il Divo signal the return of Italian political cinema? Here's hoping.
05/14/09
Top CriticThe film's power in capturing some of the seemingly banal moments of everyday life punctuate with bang-bang fervor the human loss that accumulates later.
05/11/09
The chilliest part of watching Gomorrah is knowing that it's inspired by real events.
05/01/09
...grinds away in documentary fashion, like relentless evil wearing on the soft hearts of the poor.
04/24/09
It's a masterpiece that deserves to be ranked up there with mob epics like "Goodfellas" and "Once Upon A Time In America," even as it rebukes the conventions of those movies.
04/18/09
Director Matteo Garrone replaces the romance and glamour of the genre with brutal, documentary-style realism, and humanizes it in the process.
04/09/09
The sense of authenticity in this movie is palpable, but the scenes are sometimes so dark and so impenetrable that it takes a herculean effort to keep up with who's who and what's going on.
04/09/09
Moving his camera like a documentarian, Garrone creates a grab-your-throat sense of immediacy.
03/27/09
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