A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.... (Full plot summary below)
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A gang of teenage boys stalks the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding.
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| IndieWireDavid EhrlichA familiar but arrestingly visceral crime story with a coming-of-age twist, Claudio Giovannesi’s Piranhas has an unusual relationship with its own predictability. |
| Washington PostMichael O'SullivanPiranhas is no documentary, but it plays out with a deadpan style that is deeply unsettling. |
| Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleGiven the rags-to-riches Mafia narrative Piranhas is built upon, it’s no surprise that Giovannesi’s film has received comparisons – both favorable and unfavorable – to "Goodfellas." |
| Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersPiranhas drags in moments, but it jumps from scene to scene as quickly as the boys weave through Naples on their scooters. The film races at speeds so fast that viewers won’t find themselves bored, even if they’re jarred a bit by the transitions. |
| The Film StageLeonardo GoiThere is something so perceptive in the way Giovannesi zeroes in on these embryonic mafia bosses–especially as Piranhas ventures into the kids’ relationship with the adult world around them–which makes for an enjoyable if patchy 105-minute ride. |
| Slant MagazinePat BrownClaudio Giovannesi’s film is more an interesting tweak of Goodfellas than an eye-opening social statement. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawGiovannesi’s movie is watchable enough, but often looks like a smoothed-out, planed-down version of Garrone’s Gomorrah: Gomorrah without the rough edges, like a classy television version. |
| VarietyJessica KiangTo watch young people fall into old patterns is still to watch those old patterns, and the film cannot escape the familiarity of its archetypal, rise-to-power, fall-from-grace narrative. |
| Screen InternationalLee MarshallPiranhas feels a bit like a teen movie that just happens to have a Cammora backdrop, rather than a serious, nuanced drama about the paranza system – essentially, the grooming of underage kids as drug runners and Mafia footsoldiers. |
| The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe screenplay struggles to rise above the level of a sociological study into the realm of exciting cinema. |
