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Adagio

Adagio

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Manuel, a sixteen year old taking care of his father with dementia, is drawn into the underworld of Rome after being blackmailed. As the city burns around them, three aging mobsters realize they can use Manuel to get revenge on those who wronged them in the past.

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80

Time Out by Phil de Semlyen

Like the musical style it’s named after, it plays slowly. But hang in there and you’ll find an enthralling requiem mass to a dying breed of hardscrabble gangsters and dirty cops that boasts a clutch of juicy performances.

60

Screen Daily by Lee Marshall

Strip the neo-noir style and attitude away from Stefano Sollima’s latest, and you get a not particularly original tale . . . But there is one very attractive bonus, aside from the moody Roman settings: the casting of Pierfrancesco Favino and Toni Servillo.

60

Variety by Catherine Bray

While the craft team here feel at the top of their game, delivering scene after scene of perfectly composed glossy, grimy, sweaty tableaux, the script could have used a bit more time to sharpen up. Still, there are some zingy, zesty sequences here that really pop.

60

The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer

What it lacks, however, is a gripping and original plot, as well as enough dazzling set pieces to make all the late exposition worthwhile.