V. Lepistö’s review published on Letterboxd:
Beautiful... Honesty goes long way at least in my books. I was surprised how easily I was engaged with the characters and how the emotion got me so strongly by the end. The weird synthesis that is born from combining a story that contrasts individual growing-up story to hilarious look at mob family to the spirit of the era is strangely appealing. The chaotic mentality of Italian comedy gains beauty from the touch of genuine need to express something that has been in the structure of society perhaps too long. I've always known that Italian cinema is political and closer look at its modern cinema shows that nothing has basically changed. And I'm very grateful for that since covering-up is fashion in the many today's cinema industries (I'm strongly pointing at Finnish cinema that is currently in the state of being absolutely worthless - but looking here, even "audience successes, moneymakers" can say something important). Italians have voice and during these days, voice is very much needed!