The Stranger

At the top of the Gomorrah poster rests a press quote hailing the film as "the greatest mob movie ever made," a claim that reflexively calls up all other contenders to the title—GoodFellas, The Godfather(s), Once Upon a Time in America—before the two and a half gritty hours of Gomorrah relegates them all to the romance bin. Matteo Garrone's intricately realistic portrait of life under the Naples crime syndicate the Camorra is a mafia flick in which every hint of glamour is killed. It's a great gesture and a great movie. (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film.) by David Schmader

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