[A] depressing crime drama.
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01/16/07
Mafioso (1962)
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Reviews Counted:51
Fresh:49
Rotten:2
Average Rating:8.2/10
Consensus: Mafioso begins as an amusing farce and skillfully transforms into a portentous social drama.
Theatrical Release:Jan 19, 2007 Limited
Reviews for Mafioso
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05/05/07
Uproariously delightful... Mafioso isn't a straight black satire of Sicilian culture so much as a suspenseful near-tragedy leavened by the zesty, irreverent wit that helped define the golden age of Italian comedies.
10/18/06
Mafioso may be 45 years old, but it's as bracingly relevant as anything else in theaters today. Even in the heat of a dry Sicilian summer, the film looks fresh as a lemon tree. And when you bite down hard, it's just as bitter.
04/20/07
Feels fresh as a daisy ... a consistently entertaining satire where the huffing and puffing comedic bluster hides a surprisingly bitter sucker punch.
03/07/07
... as he grows more real and complex, it becomes impossible to regard this very funny film simply as a comedy.
02/05/07
Mafioso may have been made in another era, but it stands as a classy, even radical rebuke to the film school posers who keep recycling the same tired gangster tropes.
03/15/07
Director Lattuada was reportedly acclaimed for his oddball tonal shifts, which Mafioso offers in spades.
07/12/07
Is it a droll drama? A dark comedy? Let's just say that the film's startling shifts in mood fit this movie about a man and country divided. And that it appears to be padrino to The Godfather.
03/09/07
Top CriticIn class dynamics, Mafioso infiltrates every facet of life, summing up the rudimentary boredom of the man from Milan while not turning a deaf ear to the crimes of the Sicilian assassin.
01/18/07
No wonder Mafioso vanished without a trace when it was released in 1962; the mordant mobster comedy was about 45 years ahead of its time.
05/24/07
The transitional gears never grind. They just keep clicking until you know you're along for the entire ride.
05/11/07
Top CriticDirector Alberto Lattuada balances the satirical and shocking aspects of the story on a stiletto's edge.
05/24/07
The black American offers a brief, sharp bit of tragicomic business that only appears unrelated to Nino's dire plot. He has no idea who he is, and even when he finds out, he's committed to silence.
03/17/07
It’s a farce with a bitter edge -- a farce with no release.
01/16/07
Top CriticBrilliant neglected and underappreciated film about the Sicilian mafia.
12/15/08
An exuberant and always riveting mosaic of comedy, drama, social comment, suspense, psychological insight and travelogue.
01/22/07
The film ripens in an unanticipated way, nimbly shifting from near farce to something quite a bit darker.
04/26/07
Top CriticIn Mafioso, the first film about the Mafia, Lattuada shows tremendous facility in blending comedy, tragedy, and pathos in a dark tale about the impact of family visit on a Sicilian from Milan, splendidly played by Alberto Sordi.
01/16/07
Alberto Lattuadas incomparable, half-forgotten 1962 crime comedy-travelogue is at once a giddy mixture of farce, satire and opera buffa.
10/21/06
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