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- Sundance Channel
- May 6, 2014
- Sundance Channel
- May 6, 2014
- Sundance Channel
- May 6, 2014
- Sundance Channel
- May 6, 2014
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5 Seasons
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
76
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 15 Critic Reviews
76
93% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
7% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A series that forces you to accept the dark reality of these real-life figures, rather than forgive their choices as those required of a life distanced from our own.
From one episode to the next, it’s always a bit of a surprise which character will become the story’s central figure, the writers seemingly able to make any of its dramatic players utterly gripping.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 86 User Ratings
8.2
84% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
6% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
10% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 86 User Ratings
8.2
84% Positive
72 Ratings
72 Ratings
6% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
10% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
A friend recommended this. It's an amazingly well-acted and well-written show. Without delving into what it's all about, it's like having a moral-less Sopranos (if possible), Breaking Bad & the Wire all combined, in Naples.
I always imagined Naples as an idyllic place. I had no idea it has scores of extreme ghettos run by lowlife criminals. This show is fantastic in the way it both makes you hate every character while simultaneously loving whatever positive character traits they have, and therefore rooting for them to not get killed and to kill or outsmart their enemies first.
Definite binge watch this one!
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SEASON 1
Please try to watch it subtitled. We watch TV series for a ''resembling true'' fictional story. Being italian I recommend this show as a close-to real depiction of camorra, which is the name of crime activities in Napoli (Naples). Plus of the serie are
1) cinematography (the director is not a new comer in a multi-episode fiction = Romanzo Criminale ).
2) film locations : they are absolutely genuine and all shot in Napoli
3) casting : the evolution of ''the son'' character is an outstanding performance. Nomination for ''the father'' ( godfather) in the fake - psychiatric case. The real strenght thou is the credibility of the minor appearances. Solid, solid, solid.
4) the language used: as I said, try to watch it subtitled.
5) of course the story . But this is up to you to watch.
PS the 1st season is better than the 2nd because the 2nd one presents a more dilued plot.
I tried to maintain a neutral approach, but if you went so far reading , I tell you this.
THIS SERIE IS F***** TRUE.
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SEASON 1
It doesn’t have the emotional or stylistic highs of those predecessors [“The Sopranos” and “The Godfather”], but it carries you along like one of the sleek Italian motorcycles preferred by its wealthier characters.
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.
The TV version of Gomorrah feels like an antihero-driven American crime drama that would have been unveiled with great fanfare ten or more years ago.
A drama that accentuates mob violence but lacks the “charm,” humor and overall empathy generated by The Sopranos.
Gomorrah’s story doesn’t break any new ground in the way it’s structured (a powerful Don, his ruthless wife, their soft son, and a young upstart who could change everything), but the way it tells its story is a new and refreshing twist on the genre.
It depicts one of the most dangerous criminal organisation the best way possible and in comparison with The Camorra it makes the Navy Seals look like Scout Girls
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SEASON 1
Outstanding series. I have mastered it on my second go but it was totally worth it. Italians know how to make crime dramas. Enjoyed La Piovra in the 80s and this is on par, and quite easily better than Sopranos. Really.
The characters, the music, the plot structure are very impressive. As series tend to get weaker, the last Season 3 was the best of them all. I highly recommend.
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SEASON 1
Its one of those rare phenomena that got me hooked to the TV. This is seriously good stuff - better than GOT, Narcos, etc.. Cold brutality and violence, convincing (real) scenarios and top-grade acting.
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SEASON 1
Loin des clichés plus ou moins complaisants vis-à-vis de la Mafia que l’on a pu voir ailleurs, cette vision de Cosa Nostra envisagée par Gomorra est sans doute l’une des plus réalistes à ce jour… mais aussi l’une des plus sèches, arides même ! Ici, on ne glorifie pas mais on s’épanche beaucoup trop sur les atermoiements et les psychodrames de la vie quotidienne du clan napolitain.
Je suppose que la série s’efforce de dépeindre une certaine réalité (celle d’une bande de criminels) mais elle s’égare beaucoup trop dans la psychologie de bas étage… et dans le drame caricatural. Les personnages en pâtissent et perdent du coup une bonne partie de leur crédibilité.
La réalisation de bon aloi ne peut faire oublier l’autre gros souci de cette série : sa lenteur indescriptible ! les épisodes d’une heure n’en finissent pas et l’intrigue se traîne trop souvent comme un escargot… à tel point qu’on abandonne au début de la saison 2, laquelle se révèle encore pire à cet égard !
En bref, une série décidément très chiante qui dépasse rarement ses deux de tension habituels, malgré quelques moments dans la saison 1 qui tentent de la sortir de sa torpeur.
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