Even some 40 years after it was made, Mafioso packs heat.
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01/19/07
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
[Alberto Sordi has] a marvelous performance in a marvelous movie, one that sneaks up on you while you're watching it.
01/18/07
We can only wonder how Mafioso struck American audiences in its brief 1962 appearance. In 2007, it reveals the universal hallmarks of a classic.
01/18/07
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
It captures, in a stark yet haunting way, the indelible fact that no man is born a mobster.
01/17/07
Top CriticAlberto Lattuada's tricky-to-parse Mafioso dates from 1962 but, with its abrupt tonal shifts and disturbing existential premise, this nearly forgotten dark comedy could be the most modern (or at least modernist) movie in town.
01/16/07
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
It’s a farce with a bitter edge -- a farce with no release.
01/16/07
Top Critic[A] depressing crime drama.
01/16/07
Lattuada ... crisply addresses relevant issues of national and personal identity while never neglecting his film's underlying humor.
12/15/06
Alberto Lattuadas incomparable, half-forgotten 1962 crime comedy-travelogue is at once a giddy mixture of farce, satire and opera buffa.
10/21/06
Mafioso is many things, but a good movie ain't one of 'em.
10/21/06
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
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