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Piranhas

La paranza dei bambini

2019

Claudio Giovannesi

Francesco Di Napoli, Viviana Aprea, Pasquale Marotta, Renato Carpentieri ...

6.0

1,279

Drama A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.

	Author	Review
United States	Jessica Kiang Variety	"The film cannot escape the familiarity of its archetypal, rise-to-power, fall-from-grace narrative (...) The film’s prologue promises a more powerful, original experience than the 'Piranhas' we get"	NEU
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"The boys’ future looks tightly sealed from the start, and the uninspired acting and directing brings little emotion to the table"	NEG
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A gripping modern riff on 'Goodfellas' (...) Daniele Ciprì’s fluid and prehensile camerawork makes it easy to share in Nicola’s excitement"	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"'Piranhas' has interesting detail about how the new-style gangsters operate. But despite Di Napoli’s high cheekbones and natural appeal, Nicola isn’t much of a character"	NEU
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"'Piranhas' feels a bit like a teen movie that just happens to have a Camorra backdrop, rather than a serious, nuanced drama about the paranza system"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[It] is watchable but too smooth (...) 'Gomorrah' without the rough edges, like a classy television version (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
	Camillo de Marco Cineuropa	"[It] includes some impressive performances by its young protagonists but fails to capture the magic of Saviano’s writing"	NEU

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