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Gomorrah (2016)

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Gomorrah (2016)

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Sundance Channel | SundanceTV | HBO Max | Release Date: August 24, 2016

Summary: The Italian crime drama series based on the best-selling non-fiction book by Roberto Saviano (which also inspired the 2008 film of the same name) is set in Naples where Ciro Di Marzio (Marco D’Amore) works for Camorra godfather Pietro Savastanno (Fortunato Cerlino).

Genre(s): Drama

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Paste Magazine

Shane Ryan

May 25, 2021

Season 4 Review: The legacy of the fourth season will be the extreme artistic courage it took to undo the spell of the Ciro-Genny pairing, and the facility with which they navigated the brave new world in its absence. That’s the sign of a show with true vision, and it opens up every possibility. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Jeff Jensen

Aug 15, 2016

Season 1 Review: There's no romance of evil here, only soul-killing despair, yet you find yourself deeply invested in Ciro's survival and wishing for a glimmer of hope in a world devoid of it. [19/26 Aug 2016 p.100] Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

Aug 18, 2016

Season 1 Review: Gomorrah is dark--both in tone and how it was shot--and it requires concentration on the subtitles, but it's also completely riveting and worth the effort as Italy steps up, via Sundance TV, to prove we don't have a lock on quality dramas. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gail Pennington

Aug 24, 2016

Season 1 Review: Atmospheric, showing a side of Italy no travelogue would touch, Gomorrah is also fast-paced, covering so much ground in two episodes provided for preview that most series would already be over. Read full review

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Yahoo TV

Ken Tucker

Aug 24, 2016

Season 1 Review: On Italian television, a second, equally popular season of Gomorrah has aired. Clearly there is meat on these bones that people enjoy picking at. Your appetite for it, however, may vary. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara

Aug 24, 2016

Season 1 Review: Not a new story, but in Gomorrah, familiarity breeds relief rather than contempt. Read full review

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Slant Magazine

Michael Haigis

Apr 25, 2017

Season 2 Review: Gomorrah lacks the dark humor that so many great dramas use to provide humanity to characters or levity to the proceedings. Read full review

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Sjge223

Oct 13, 2021

This series is actually probably a 9.5 rather than a 10, but as the only other written review at this point is a 5, I figured I'd balance that out and give it a 10. This series is fantastic in so many ways, but as I only have so many characters, I'll be brief. Firstly, the setting isThis series is actually probably a 9.5 rather than a 10, but as the only other written review at this point is a 5, I figured I'd balance that out and give it a 10. This series is fantastic in so many ways, but as I only have so many characters, I'll be brief. Firstly, the setting is immersive and atmospheric. It's completely shot on location in Naples and later Spain, using mostly Neapolitan actors who, for the most part, are speaking Neapolitan rather than Italian. A good deal is shot in Secondigliano, an outlying area of Naples widely-known for Camorra activity, which brings a feel of gritty urban decay and grey, post-industrial despair to the series. The effect of all these factors is a completely authentic portrayal of the era and place.

Whenever I try to get friends to watch it, I pitch it as "Game of Thrones with coke and guns". Somewhat like Game of Thrones, it follows several of the individual members of one camorra clan as it falls to infighting and civil war. The characters are compelling and almost every one is developed and portrayed as complex human beings despite ranging from deeply morally ambiguous to near-evil. Another comparison I often see made is to The Sopranos. I think the comparison is apt as it also is a near deconstruction of the gangster genre. Some of the themes are organized crime eating the poor and an almost anti-machismo portrayal of male vulnerability, also seen in Sopranos. Last point, the soundtrack is unbelievably good. Mokadelic, an ambient, post-rock band does the music for the series and it's the perfect accompaniment to the uneasy, crepuscular feel of the drama. I rarely buy soundtracks, the only other soundtrack I've bought in the past 5 years is for Wolf Hall, but I have theirs for this series as well as for The Immortal, the spin-off film. It maybe took me about 6 episodes to be completely sold, so if you're planning on watching (which I hope you are after I've typed all this), try to get at least to there. This is the most widely-watched Italian series of all time and there's even an English dub if you don't like subtitles, so you can't use that excuse either. Give it a shot!… Expand

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o_rety

Nov 16, 2021

[S01] Solid and different (especially in pace) from your usual Hollywood fluff. Narration is slow and elaborate and the aesthetics show with equally elaborate, naturalistic precision all the dirt and the ugliness of Naples suburbs (which is to stress the moral dirt and ugliness of their[S01] Solid and different (especially in pace) from your usual Hollywood fluff. Narration is slow and elaborate and the aesthetics show with equally elaborate, naturalistic precision all the dirt and the ugliness of Naples suburbs (which is to stress the moral dirt and ugliness of their inhabitants). I don't buy everything that happens plot-wise though (i.e. one central character twist in the middle) and it was both too slow and violent for my linking.… Expand

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Nobilis1984

Mar 28, 2020

After watching the first episodes, I think the series is good, but I don't understand that it is so cheered. It fits a lot, but overall it's not worth the hype.

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 5

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- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: January 27, 2022
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  S5:E10. Episode 10
  Air Date: December 27, 2021
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  S5:E9. Episode 9
  Air Date: December 26, 2021
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  S5:E8. Episode 8
  Air Date: December 25, 2021
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  S5:E7. Episode 7
  Air Date: December 24, 2021
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  S5:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: December 22, 2021
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  S5:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: December 22, 2021
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  S5:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: March 7, 2022
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  S5:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: March 7, 2022
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  S5:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: March 28, 2022
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  S5:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: March 28, 2022
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: May 20, 2021
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: January 21, 2021
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 26, 2017
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 24, 2016