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  • 2019
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2019
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 51 m

Summary Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano (Gomorrah), Piranhas follows fifteen year-old Nicola (Francesco Di Napoli) who lives with his mother and younger brother in the Sanità neighborhood of Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life lush with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle...

Directed By: Claudio Giovannesi

Written By: Roberto Saviano, Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi

  • 2019
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 51 m
  • 2019
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 51 m

Piranhas

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano (Gomorrah), Piranhas follows fifteen year-old Nicola (Francesco Di Napoli) who lives with his mother and younger brother in the Sanità neighborhood of Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life lush with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle...

Directed By: Claudio Giovannesi

Written By: Roberto Saviano, Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
57
46% Positive
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46% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Positive
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46% Mixed
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8% Negative
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78
Sep 4, 2019
Given the rags-to-riches Mafia narrative Piranhas is built upon, it’s no surprise that Giovannesi’s film has received comparisons –  both favorable and unfavorable  – to "Goodfellas."
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75
Jun 13, 2019
A familiar but arrestingly visceral crime story with a coming-of-age twist, Claudio Giovannesi’s Piranhas has an unusual relationship with its own predictability.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 21, 2019
There is something so perceptive in the way Giovannesi zeroes in on these embryonic mafia bosses–especially as Piranhas ventures into the kids’ relationship with the adult world around them–which makes for an enjoyable if patchy 105-minute ride.
By Leonardo Goi FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 15, 2019
Giovannesi’s movie is watchable enough, but often looks like a smoothed-out, planed-down version of Garrone’s Gomorrah: Gomorrah without the rough edges, like a classy television version.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 1, 2019
In its reliance on a conventional narrative through-line, it’s more reminiscent of “The Public Enemy” than “Goodfellas” in spite of its stylings of contemporary cinematic realism.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 15, 2019
Piranhas feels a bit like a teen movie that just happens to have a Cammora backdrop, rather than a serious, nuanced drama about the paranza system – essentially, the grooming of underage kids as drug runners and Mafia footsoldiers.
By Lee Marshall FULL REVIEW
25
Aug 21, 2019
When you strip away the novelty of it all, we’re left with little more than a kids-meal version of “Scarface.”
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Production Company Palomar, Vision Distribution, Sky Cinema, TIMvision
Release Date Aug 2, 2019
Duration 1 h 51 m
Genres
Tagline The Kids Are Out To Play
Website https://www.musicboxfilms.com/film/piranhas/
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Awards

Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Golden Ciak Awards
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Bucharest International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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