Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

janesnow I've seen the series, read the book, decided to give the film a shot. I wondered how they would be able to tell a story spanning 20 years in a 2 hour film. They couldn't.A lot of movies are based on events - a bank robbery, a kidnapping, a terrorist attack averted, a hijacking, you get the point. With gang movies, a lot of the drug stuff is condensed to a montage, with the focus being on the gang politics instead. This movie tried to do everything - two kidnappings, one terror plot, a gang's rise, gang politics, the business of the gang, gang wars (with rival gangs) and a court trial. And if that's not enough, the film wanted to show the side of law enforcement too, showing the detective trying to bust the gang. 20 years in 2 hours 30 minutes. There is a montage every 5 minutes, actually, most things are shown in quick cuts + music montages - the gang introduction, kidnapping, Terrible, drug business, Moro affair, Bologna... I stopped counting after that.The choice of casting is terrible (no pun intended). Terrible, one of the scariest people in the TV show, is shown to be a wimp, crying in front of the gang. Accorsi is a good actor, but terrible as Scialoja. He's guilty of overacting here. Screaming and waving his arms around like a cartoon Italian. Freddo, the best character in the TV show, was ruined as well. In the TV show, he's a deep and troubled character, taking you along with him in an existential crisis. In this film, pretty-boy Kim Rossi Stuart plays Freddo and actually says "Why do you hate me, huh? Is it because I'm pretty?" Seriously. Libano is a criminal mastermind on the show, on the film he's an idiot who doesn't know how to handle a gun.If you didn't know the actors, you would think that this is the low budget film remake of the TV show. The production values are low. The show looks cinematic, here, this looks like a TV film.This film fails in comparison to the show. It's less of a film and more of a collection of spoilers for a great TV show. Even if you have no interest whatsoever in the show, skip this film. It's not worth your time, unless you want to see a film about a gangster drug lord called "The Terrible" crying and wimpering in front of a boy who says "Don't hate me because I'm pretty."

OllieZ Critics compared this to the likes The Godfather and Goodfellas - I wasn't convinced by these comparisons, nor should you.It's no where near as good as Goodfellas or The Godfather, which is what people have compared it to. The director can't decide whether to have the viscera nature of Scorsese's film, or the elegant violence of The Godfather.Most of the time I was bored by this film. It takes itself far too seriously and feels about as populated as Chernobyl. It is like the character Ice - cold; a gangster film which is passable and doesn't have much heart.

kimbo8 I'm disappointed as well as surprised on the user's comments on this great movie. I saw this movie many times and maybe my being Italian has let me understood better then others what the movie is all about. It's about the old life in Italy , it's about the real criminals that took over for years the control on one of the eldest city in the world,Rome. All the actors played their characters based on the real story of Rome's most terrible criminals.It's not a Hollywood production , it's not a tale , it's real not based , real happened.The movie is very good , and maybe knowing a little bit of history (in this case Italian) helps to get all meaningsThis is my own point of view.....ciao

Norbert Toth I watched the film on DVD, which I bought in Italy with English subtitle. I wish I could have seen it on the London Film Festival yet I missed out on a cinema experience. As opposed to many others who commented on this movie I have to say that this must be amongst my all time favourites. I haven't read the book yet I think that this movie comprehends excellent characters with their human feelings, a great story and brilliant framing throughout. Yes, it might not be historically accurate but I don't think it is supposed to be since there are some black areas even in the history book itself regarding the historical background of the movie. The soundtrack works brilliantly with the story and is emotionally effective. The dialogues seem real life like ones, bringing the movie a step closer to the audience. Its length is, I believe, appropriate for the message it has to tell. It's a great experience to watch and I can only suggest anyone to watch it!