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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:Feb 13, 2009 Limited
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
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Reviews for Gomorrah
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Check that omerta b.s. at the door. This is all about the bottom line. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
Dicen mucho más sobre la Camorra las leyendas finales del film que las dos horas y pico que les precedieron. Full Review |
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3/5 |
The result, while admirable, is curiously flat and unengaging. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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. Full Review |
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Could Gomorrah and Il Divo signal the return of Italian political cinema? Here's hoping. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
It'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. Full Review |
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4/5 |
The portrait it paints of this society in the grip of this tawdry but immensely powerful and rich organization is scary indeed. Full Review |
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Gomorrha transcends its medium and evidences humanity at its most despicable, and rates as an unconventional and unmissable instant classic. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The 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. Full Review |
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The 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. Full Review |
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An 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 Full Review |
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4/5 |
The chilliest part of watching Gomorrah is knowing that it's inspired by real events. Full Review |
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88/100 |
...grinds away in documentary fashion, like relentless evil wearing on the soft hearts of the poor. Full Review |
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4/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Director Matteo Garrone replaces the romance and glamour of the genre with brutal, documentary-style realism, and humanizes it in the process. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Moving his camera like a documentarian, Garrone creates a grab-your-throat sense of immediacy. Full Review |
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