Sundance. A Very British Gangster.

"From his girth to his fondness for family, Manchester mob boss Dominic Noonan could be Tony Soprano's English cousin," suggests James Greenberg in the Hollywood Reporter. "Donal MacIntyre, one of the UK's foremost undercover journalists, was granted total access to make A Very British Gangster [site], a fascinating portrait of a larger-than life crime figure."

Updated through 1/26.

"MacIntyre's style evokes Nick Broomfield," argues Annie Frisbie at Zoom In Online. His "many intrusive authorial moments... break the spell of the story. On several occasions, he stages elaborate crane shots, meant to give Noonan's story an epic quality, but the fancy camerawork, so clearly not spontaneous, only raise questions about the genuineness of the rest of the material."

Update, 1/26: IndieWIRE interviews MacIntyre.

Coverage of the coverage: The Park City Index.

Posted by dwhudson at January 22, 2007 2:21 PM