How I Fell in Love with a Gangster

I've seen some Polish movies in Netflix and I loved most of them. Especially Polish comedy is really my thing which I've seen 5 Polish comedy movies. This movie at the beginning seemed really good, amazing songs, amazing editing etc. However, on the middle of the movie, it starts to be a little bit confusing. To the end of the movie, it begins to lose your interest because it is a little bit long movie (3 hours). They could've made better job with this movie. It could've got easliy 7 or maybe 8 score from me but it couldn't. Lastly, movie has a few hollywood cliches and that made me slightly uncorfotable. Also I should mention that this movie based on real story.

Apart from the blatant rip off of an origional gangster movie when they played golden brown it was OK.... I was lost for the first hour then again inbetween. Overall.....OK. .......................................................................

This does try to be as epic as possible - and there are I can imagine some who will view this as epic. The story seems to lend or rather bend itself towards that notion. However its self awarenes more likely than not will annoy more than it will entice. And the running time ... sometimes less is more ... way more. While the movie never shies away from situations (whether violence or sexual nature), it never gets too explicit. For better or worse - you have to decide if that bothers you or not. The other thing is: this is loaded with characters ... most of whom you'll probably forget or wist you never heard of in the first place. I did not research if this is based on real characters/people/events. It wouldn't matter to me, not sure how you feel about that. Anyway, at 3 plus hours I just wish it would have been a lot shorter - did I mention I feel this is way too long? I did? Well can't hurt to say it again - or maybe it does - like the movie driving home certain points and character beats ... time after time.

Dobra gra swiatel jak na Polskie kino, romantyczna spokojna ballada z mafia w tle. Zachowujac wszelkie proporcje momentami przypominal skad inond swietnego Irlandczyka. A good light game for Polish cinema, a romantic, calm ballad with the mafia in the background. Keeping all the proportions, at times he reminded me of a great Irishman.

If you like movies you will like this one. This new generations anything that lasts more then 1 hour its to long. They can concetrate on anything. Movie has a soul and the main actor rly did a good job to feel for him while not being a real gangsta. Gangsta with a soul with morale! I loved it. For me 3 hours of heaven and the soundtrack is so good that in times takes u away, awesome.

Others have commented on the plot, acting and other aspects of moviemaking, so I'll discuss the backdrop. Much of the movie spans the 1970s through the 1990s in Poland and most of that time, the country was under a Communist government, but you'd hardly know it. It is true that Poland practiced a slightly softer version of Communism than say, East Germany or the Soviet Union. It is also true that the image of the well functioning Communist state was built on lies, there was plenty of corruption, crime networks existed and there were the illicit rich. Having said that, the state was still all powerful in Communist countries and anyone of any means had to bribe and cajole members of the party and security apparatus to maintain their status. Yet this is hardly shown at all in the movie. That aside, it's still a good and entertaining, if a times bizarre, flick.

I never normally leave reviews, but felt compelled to after watching this. This is one of the best films I've watched in a very long time. It left me thinking of it long after I watched it, and not many can make me do this. Not only was the acting some of the best I've seen in a while-especially the main character who plays Nikos, who really gives you a deep understanding and empathy towards the character, but also the film is so visually artistic and not forgetting the soundtrack, Moby and Paulo Nutini being the two best tracks to stir up your emotions at the films ending. Cannot fault this film, and it's one that will stay with me for a long time.

I see pavo tubes all over the place. Orange and teal, green or red lights when there is none visible in the wide angle. To much stage lightning. The first 5 minutes it looks slick, but after that I noticed all the scenes are so fake staged you are dragged out of the story all the time. I got the feeling the director wanted to have all the Hollywood tricks in one film and forgot to keep it plain simple and the focus on directing. The cast also feels off. I never had the feeling that they were gangsters. More like a group of school boys playing foolish. I do not know the original story, but maybe this is Polish mafia? Boring AF.

If they wanted to flesh out the story so much, they should have just made it a mini series. The film has serious timing issues and gets tiring after an hour. Acting was good but the screenplay didn't do the actors any favours. The characters often felt one note and not like actual human beings, that exist outside of their relation to Nikos. I usually don't mind breaking the fourth wall for exposition but they really overused it. When it comes to relatioships beetwen characters, they should stick to "show don't tell" in the future...

I'm not sure why this outstanding film has received such low ratings. Personally I think this is an epic film. Tomasz Wlosok is brilliant as Nikos. He's very charming and charismatic. All the cast were superb. But Tomasz Wlosok charming grin and performance is absolutely outstanding.