A Very British Gangster
Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: July 18, 2008 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Noonan's life is one few of us can comprehend, and Mac Intyre's documentary, A Very British Gangster, is like a Guy Ritchie film come to life, only with a better dressed cast. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Charismatic and complicated, Noonan tries to run the movie the way he runs his town. But while the director sometimes appears to be glorifying Noonan's choices, reminders of uncomfortable reality intrude regularly. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJames Greenberg
A Very British Gangster is not only Noonan's story but a profile of a community dealing with poverty and drugs, and seeing no way out. In a sense, Noonan and his cronies are born into a life of crime. Read full review
70
VarietyJohn Anderson
Noonan talks too much, preens too much and simply loves the camera. And the bald, bullish, real-life mobster will likely place MacIntyre's movie among the more commercial nonfiction films of the year. Read full review
70
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
Investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre's film is fairly standard British TV product, closer to a glorified "60 Minutes" segment then to cinematic art. But never mind -- its subject is, as he might say, feckin' amazing. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary Goldstein
If Tony Soprano had a cheekier, less haunted, openly gay British counterpart, it would be Dominic Noonan, the Manchester crime boss profiled in the stylish and compelling A Very British Gangster. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
MacIntyre's control over his material is assured at times, particularly when he focuses on Dom's young son, Bugsy, and the other troubled boys who float around the periphery of the Noonan gang. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Features some strikingly intimate footage of Noonan's extended family, but lets Noonan himself drives the show and his colorful tales of villainy that cry out for more context than MacIntyre provides. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Plays less like a documentary than an E! exposé of lowlife skulduggery. Read full review
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