Despite being authentic and well acted, this italian film did not impress me. Quite boring at times, predictable ending. Disappointment.

A film completely devoid of Hollywood mobsterism glamour, Gomorrah is a stripped down, gritty, at times harrowing tale of expansive crime set in grimy slums of Naples, a location seemingly bereft of hope. With a colour pallette set in dull tones of blue-gray to match, the excellent multi-stranded story builds at a measured pace to create an impression of a situation all too real, where violence wins out and lives are next to worthless in the name of making money.

A very slow burning insight into the Neapolitan mafia. Not as stylised as City of God but the reward is in the politics and relationships between the interwoven plots. Gritty, hard hitting and menacing throughout, this bleak glimpse into organised crime seems hauntingly realistic.

The gritty, grueling truth about the Comorra.

It comes completely without any kind of glamorization, making it a difficult and painful watch, and the new light on some of the younger characters makes you die off inside. The film is purposefully dis-organised and confusing to reflect how many twists and turns these people's lives lead. A particularly impressive ending ends the film on a realistic and hard hitting note.

This film will open your eyes.

I really like parts of it, the issue I had is that it tries to cover too much, the whole storyline of the waste disposal seemed problematic to me, it slowed the pace down a lot, I didn't find the characters engaging, and while it's clearly criminal it doesn't feel as directly related to the other stories. But putting aside that it's really great, even though it jumps through a lot of stories the characters are compelling and well defined and it doesn't romanticize their lives at all.

Standing up as the "The Anti-Godfather" one would be justified in dismissing it on pretense alone, yet, crime and gangsterdom are very real issues plaguing urban Italy and this film does everything in its power to break down the sanctity of mob life and shows its very seed and destructive nature. Yet, by comparing it to The Godfather it affords an ability to acknowledge the highly cinematic and engaging world created by Garrone, which is at times alienating, while at other moments being incredibly engaging. I mean what is not to love about two young adult men in their underwear shooting semi-automatic firearms into a marsh while spouting out half remembered lines from Scarface.

The infamous Italian movie after the infamous book of the same name that exposes the maffia for what it really is: a decidedly unromantic patchwork of organizations that infects the lives of a lot of Italians like a deadly fungus. This is a dirty and gritty movie, and it's hard to believe that there are people in a civilized European country living under the dismal conditions shown in this film. The film is hailed as a classic by most reviewers here in The Netherlands, but I thought it was lacking in that it was too long (137m), and had nothing new to say after the first one-and-a-half hours. Still, a very strong reminder of what is wrong with organized crime and a society accepting its ills. Highly recommended if it plays anywhere near you.

A brutally realistic film that consists of five stories about the Italian criminal organization Camorra, well intertwined and put through. The story line is difficult to follow as this has a very local context, the Faida di Scampia (Scampia feud) between clans within Camorra. Anybody interested in the Italian criminal world will find this absolutely delightful. The right mixture of aggression and sensitivity.

A gritty, realistic mafia film. The way it deals with the theme is refreshing but it didn't draw me in as much as I had hoped. I might give it another chance at some point.

See it.

Nothing's here that hasn't been done before, but the precision and discipline are excellent, as is the performances.

Gritty and realistic film shows how organized crime leaves no facet of life untouched in Naples. From the businessman to the neighborhood kid to a clothing designer. Filmed like a documentary the film sweats realism. The director had to go into hiding because the film struck a nerve that he started receiveing death threats. A must see.