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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Tinsel Town can indeed be blamed for making such 'made' man movies compelling. Director Matteo Garrone shows us how truly disturbing and unrelenting such a story can be."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron A- "It's alert, superior directorial work from Garrone, who, perhaps not even realizing it, has redefined the nature of the mob genre."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "A mob film that's as far from the genre's standard operating procedure as could be imagined"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti A "You may never want to visit southern Italy after seeing this film."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 9/10 "As much as the victims and aggressors in Naples mafia movie Gomorrah seek to repress consequences of gangsterism, they are, of course embodying them."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 4/5 "The chilliest part of watching Gomorrah is knowing that it's inspired by real events."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger A- "As a result of the hardhitting, unflinching and accurate story, the author went into hiding after threats and is now under police protection."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "The frightening people and the story they enact are defined by a camera technique which makes them flesh-and-blood, not larger-than-life spectacle."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 3/5 "Dicen mucho más sobre la Camorra las leyendas finales del film que las dos horas y pico que les precedieron."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio 3/4 "Sidesteps grandiose gestures and statements in favor of a grimly matter-of-fact chronicle of how pervasive the Mafia influence has become."   Slant Magazine   Fernando F. Croce B+ "Avoiding the conventions of gangster movies, it presents a slice of the ghastly reality of life in the crime-infested areas of Naples that has remarkably authenticity and immediacy."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A gritty drama based on a bestselling Italian novel about organized crime that focuses on the lives of five different players in the System."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 58/100 "An ambitious, sprawling picture about the epic swirl of Italy's criminal underbelly."   Film and Felt   Gabe Leibowitz B "It succeeds photographically, as neo-realism, but with its focus spread across so many characters and shallow stories, it offers little personal or emotional insight, let alone context, into its visual revelations."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 8/10 "Un film à la fois lourd, tragique et hautement instructif figurant assurément parmi les plus marquants à avoir été réalisés sur le sujet."   Panorama   Jean-François Vandeuren 3/4 "A carnivorous candor permeates every frame with blood-curdling fascination and dread."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth " 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."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards B+ "...while [the] experience may often seem like viewing a crowd from a moving merry-go-round, one cannot help but be left with a sense of overwhelming hopelessness."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Brutal and unrelenting, this documentary-style expose of the Camorra -- the Naples equivalent of the Sicilian mafia -- burns away all hints of Hollywood glamour..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 4/5 "Impactante justamente por evitar se concentrar nos poderosos que se encontram no topo da hierarquia da camorra."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 5/5 "A powerful look at the world of organized crime that is both completely deglamorized and utterly engrossing from start to finish."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 1/5 "Where's Bobby and Marty when you really need them?"   Film Threat   Phil Hall B "If you are looking for heroes, you won't find any in this film."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 7/10 "A look at the sprawling and incredibly powerful Camorra crime family in Italy shows mostly the lurid details of conventional crime. The value of the film lies in exposing crime that is not business as usual."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 4/5 "Buried in the muck of despair"   JWR   S. James Wegg 8/10 "Garrone avoids punching the usual emotional buttons: His stories have no heroes, his crime lords no glamour, and his victims no nobility."   Playback:stl   Sarah Boslaugh B "The sprawl makes it hard to follow... but it makes its point about the reach of the Camorra and the culture it has spawned."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 8/10 "Gritty and intense, it reveals the ugly, soft underbelly of the Mafia-type organization that rules Naples and its environs."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 8/10 "An unusually thought-provoking, annoying, difficult and ultimately unique work that might not be one of the year's best, but is surely among its most interesting."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3.5/4 "A war photographer's journal, taken at ground zero of the essential, inescapable tragedy of being human."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 90% Fresh Page   1