88
Metascore
21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA magnificent film almost no one knows about, this hidden classic offers a wider variety of pleasures than most contemporary works can even aspire to.
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMafioso does more than cast its fascinating shadow over "The Godfather." It captures, in a stark yet haunting way, the indelible fact that no man is born a mobster.
- 91Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerIt's a marvelous performance in a marvelous movie, one that sneaks up on you while you're watching it.
- 90The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneFilmed in a hot and bleached black-and-white, it manages to swerve from culture-clashing farce to alarming suspense without losing control.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottThe movie is at once a giddy mixture of farce, satire and opera buffa and a closely observed drama of social dislocation and cultural confusion.
- 90SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekSordi is an elegant comic actor in the vein of America's William Powell; the world may confound him, but it can never rumple him.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThat's the beauty of Mafioso: that what begins as a comedy of disconnection becomes a tragicomedy of connection -- of roots that go deep and branches that span continents.
- 80Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanAlberto Lattuada's tricky-to-parse Mafioso dates from 1962 but, with its abrupt tonal shifts and disturbing existential premise, this nearly forgotten dark comedy could be the most modern (or at least modernist) movie in town.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMafioso starts out as a comedy of manners before turning into a mob thriller that brings Nino to Bergen County, N.J. When he gets there, look for a man reading The Post on a street corner.