A Very British Gangster

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Audience Member Doesn't try very hard to be balanced, or particularly revealing in the sense of an expose. It is quite insightful on the role of extended family, friends and acquaintances in the subject's community standing. Makes a depressing topic easily watchable and surprisingly interesting and informative. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member In one hand this does perfectly to destroy the Hollywood myth of cool, suave, rich gangsters; instead showing their poor, uneducated, tragic and seemingly inherent lives in a dull, almost comical sense. On the other, it goes around in circles, drags out and seems to never reach a point. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member If this is what a British gangster is all about then i'm.... zzz. I would have rather watched a documentary on his brother. 2009 Movies: 87 Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Ah ces anglais! I LOVE FUCKING ENGLAND! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I don't doubt the validity and strength of Noonan and the family: they're clearly triple hard bastards. Yet despite the influence and the underground success, Noonan doesn't have much to show for his efforts - he seems content to take tribute in the form of Full English Breakfasts or a free pint in the local. Perhaps it's because his 'territories' are so poor. Perhaps it is because his moon is on the wane. But in a world of gangsters killing other gangsters and prison an accepted inevitability, I would expect Noonan to aspire to more. As it stands he drives forlornly around in his knackered old cop-car arbitrating local disputes like an underground social worker. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member A beautifully shot, but also rather staged and stilted documentary on the life of Dominic Noonan, head of one of Britain's notorious crime families. While the film does a good job revealing the unromantic, gritty and harsh world Noonan, his family and associates inhabit, it also seems at times to glorify his life. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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