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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreIt takes guts to take on the mob in a place where its been tolerated for centuries. And sometimes the bravest of those in that fight aren’t in uniform. Some of them are still carrying a Pentax.
- 70Film ThreatBradley GibsonFilm ThreatBradley GibsonThe mafia murder images are stomach turning, viewers take note. Letizia talks about her life at great length and some of it is redundant, but she is always charming and inspirational, living as a strong, independent woman in a crushing patriarchy.
- 70Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterBattaglia talks candidly as she picks over the pieces of a life that could easily stretch to more than one film.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshLos Angeles TimesKatie WalshLonginotto’s film is a rollicking depiction of the wonderfully self-possessed Battaglia.
- 63Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenKim Longinotto is so eager to celebrate her hero that she also glides past thornier portions of Letizia Battaglia’s life.
- 58The PlaylistThe PlaylistShooting the Mafia is most fascinating when it uses Battaglia’s story, her reminiscences, and her unforgettable photographs, to show rather than tell the painful circumstances of Sicilian life under mob rule.
- 55TheWrapSimon AbramsTheWrapSimon AbramsShooting the Mafia is, if nothing else, a decent introduction to Battaglia’s work, even if the rest of Loginotto’s primer doesn’t tell us much about who Battaglia is, or how to appreciate what she does.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesThe Hollywood ReporterCaryn JamesMildly informative but superficial, Shooting the Mafia is much less dynamic than its title.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyIdiosyncratic to the point of alienation.