A legal drama that is more compelling than I anticipated. The reason is that the movie never really allows for a moment of triumph for Buscetta or the legal system intent on bringing the Mafia down. There are only small victories surrounded by violence and bitter disappointments.

A footnote in history of Cosa Nostra. It skillfully presents a complex character of a turncoat, who is facing both his mortality and tries to justify to himself and other, that his traitory isn't a fault of his own. Great reenactments of trial scenes, that were turned into a grotesques circus. With authentic Italian hand gesturing all around. However, the acting sometimes slips into borderline comedy and chaff. The extensive hallucination scenes and metaphorical allusions to themes are really blunt and movie really hammers them in, leaving really few ones for interpretation.

A good biopic on Buscetta's life, great acting by Pierfrancesco Favino. (Tommaso Buscetta) Might be better to do some research on the Sicilian Mafia, before watching this movie. A fantastic movie nonetheless.

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A legal drama that is more compelling than I anticipated. The reason is that the movie never really allows for a moment of triumph for Buscetta or the legal system intent on bringing the Mafia down. There are only small victories surrounded by violence and bitter disappointments.

The Traitor does have an interesting story at its core that eventually forms enough clarity in its storytelling, but is often erratically and coarsely presented.

I absolutely loved this exciting, non stop engaging story. This true crime thriller tells the story of Tommaso Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra. I actually lived in Palermo when this was all occurring and it is exactly as the film portrays. Go and see this with the English subtitles as you will come away understanding so much more about Italy. It suits woman and men.

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Very hard to follow; the English subtitles didn't appear to relate everything being said. Then again, the subtitles fly by so quickly a person can't read them all any way.

Ottimo biopic sulla storia di Tommaso Buscetta, regia senza intoppi e molto pulita. Favino superlativo, specialmente visto il dialetto che non gli appartiene.

Although subtitles it was an interesting movie !

È un'espressione magistrale di uno dei primi pentiti. Il film colpisce soprattutto per il suo realismo, che ti avvolge, ti seduce.

Was a real life, true story of the GODFATHER which was sheer poetry. This was not. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I could have heard i it in English instead of read it....too many subtitles, too much dialogue...exhausting!!!

Difficult to know who all the characters were and their relationship to one another.. Tedious at times

Ponderous and wooden. The acting was stiff and predictable. The depictions seemed cartoonish at times. A BIG disappointment-we were hoping for something special.

Excellent story based on the original cosa nostra as it started out. I thought it was interesting to learn about the court system as it was back then. The scenery (Sicily and Rio) was gorgeous. I loved the film.

Excellent cast and some Big Scenes - both violent and surreal/satirical - but the moral ambiguity is thinly sketched and doesn't land the big blows it's aiming for.

a good film about Buscetta's life and everything that happened after his repentance. In general the film is highly entertaining and never bore sour because everything is in the balance and the slightly slower parts are still well watchable without particular boredom

Confusing at the beginning as we debated which side the traitor was on. Was he telling the truth, or lying. The events next then were iffy.

"The Traitor" is a real and interesting look inside of the world of Cosa Nostra, and even if it runs too long for its own good (especially through the end) to know more about Buscetta and that world, it is both necessary and scary. Marco Bellocchio, as title character, is huge.