Claudio Giovannesi’s film is more an interesting tweak of Goodfellas than an eye-opening social statement.
It may not deserve the Criterion treatment, but fans will be pleased by the solid audio/video treatment it has received.
Gomorrah probably is an important film, for the stories it tells, the conclusions it reaches, and the realities it evokes.
Matteo Garrone’s gangster-as-capitalist view never softens its focus a la Traffic or turn its executions into exploitative set pieces.