How I Fell in Love With a Gangster

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How I Fell in Love With a Gangster

2022

2h 59m

Crime

Drama

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A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history.

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Aaron Phillips

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

How I Fell in Love With a Gangster has the core of a really solid film, but its lack of selective editing results in a somewhat arduous three-hour watch.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 5, 2023

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

How I Fell in Love with a Gangster is too overwrought with style and uneven in its storytelling to be taken seriously.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 2, 2022

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Johnny Loftus

Decider

It’s a bit too long, but I Fell In Love With a Gangster relishes in that time spent with a central criminal character who could always grin his way out of trouble, right up until he couldn’t.

Feb 9, 2022

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JK Sooja

Common Sense Media

Most of the elements of a good gangster crime drama are here, but unfortunately, they don't make for a good movie.

Rated: 2/5

Jan 25, 2022

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Aurora Amidon

Paste Magazine

The roadmap to the flashy gangster flick is a tried-and-true formula, and Nikos' life lives up to the flair.

Rated: 7.1/10

Jan 13, 2022

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Eric U

Great movie. May not be for everyone, but very well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/02/23

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Audience Member

Awful movie, wasted time. Script was All Over the place. Just awful

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Beware - it's a long one! The great things about it: 1. Cinematography - truly great combination of colour grading, cuts, camera motion, montage, composition (some of the framing and composition is a feast). Also the timeline and narration is a rarely used 4th wall breaking within the 4th wall. 2. Music - there is a lot of good things happening there, and an absolutely unexpected gem were Wardruna's songs on the soundtrack. 3. Characters - some real actorship to be seen, and the main character is insanely likeable all throughout

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

niepotrzebnie rozwleczony i wymęczony. Jest wszystko i jest nic, przez co strasznie męczy widza. Powinni się skupić na krótszym okresie - lepiej by to wyszło

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

This is style of substance. Very glossy look. Way too much exposition at the start, poor use of music, very slow start... And you don't link onto any of the characters. They feel fake rather than real. I'm sure it's going to get alot of praise, because it's highlighting Sopot, Gdansk and that lovely area of Poland. But as films go. Poor protagonists, and weak dialogue. The errors we on the page, way before it hit the production and post editing. Executive producers shouldn't have signed off on this

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Some may say it's too long and boring, but it is a great, layered story followed with awesome music. From time to time, I felt like I'm watching theatre play. Actors did great job, level up production and it is nice to see such work from europan country. Don't give up, it's worth to watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Maciej Kawulski

Director

Tomasz Włosok

Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak

Janusz Chabior

Magi

Marcin Wrzosek

Actor

Jarosław Bieniuk

Actor

Magdalena Lamparska

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Synopsis

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history.

Director: Maciej Kawulski
Producer: Maciej Kawulski, Tomasz Wardyn
Screenwriter: Maciej Kawulski, Krzysztof Gureczny
Production Co: Netflix, Open Mind Production
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: Polish
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 12, 2022
Runtime: 2h 59m

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