I agree with Lee Marshall who wrote in Screen Daily that “in adapting Roberto Saviano's bestselling book for the screen, Matteo Garrone and his five co-scripters (including Saviano himself, currently living under police protection) have jettisoned the journalistic context of the Neapolitan Camorra war and left us only with the dog-eat-dog, carpe-diem chaos of life in the crime-ridden suburbs of Scampia and Secondigliano. Like the white powder used and traded by many of its protagonists, Gomorrah provides a kick-in-the-head rush but no lasting buzz." Although the movie gets rave reviews in the international press, I was unimpressed by Garrone’s superficial plot and rather chaotic script. Gomorrah left me indifferent as I felt no affection or even empathy for any of the poorly developed characters. I hope I won’t feel the same about Waltz with Bashir, another movie from the Cannes 2008 competition that is praised everywhere you look.
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