Press Coverage
“…crafted with a potent, gritty rap and jazz soundtrack, and Noonan’s charismatic force of personality…”
— Prairie Miller, WBAI and News Blaze
“…earlier on in Godfather style — he twinkles away when he tells us — he had chopped off the head of a dog to persuade its owner about something.”
— Stanley Kauffmann (The New Republic)
“…22 years in jail for various combinations of kidnapping, torture, extortion, and murder…[Dominic Noonan] is also charismatic and jovial, an openly gay man who lives in a ratty bungalow with a posse of pimply young gangsters-in-training, loves to sing karaoke, and officially changed his name to Lattlay Fottloy (short for ‘look after those that look after you, f**k off those that f**k off you’)…”
— Village Voice
“A Gangster movie as compelling — and infinitely more chilling — than Pacino or De Niro, Cagney or Robinson, Michael Caine in Get Carter or Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday.”
— Screen International
“A Very British Gangster is a dangerous film about dangerous people. It’s a raw world of hit men, gangland fixers and young innocents living lives foretold.”
— Filmmaker Magazine
“MacIntyre captures all the nuances without glorifying a despicable character. The film is beautifully shot and creates emotional connections to this violent but fascinating world apart.”
— The Hollywood Reporter
“(3½ Stars / 4) Stylish and scary, this high-gloss documentary screening at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival has great commercial appeal. It’s like the British Sopranos”.
— E Insiders
“Several of this year’s documentaries caused a stir … But most fascinating was “Gangster,” the astonishing tale of Manchester, England’s outrageously charismatic Public Enemy No. 1.”
— NY Daily News
“[A Very British Gangster] — is a thrilling, troublingly beautiful documentary portrait of the notorious Manchester crime boss turned security consultant Dominic Noonan.”
— The Observer UK
“This fascinating film might also be the best action flick at Sundance, which this year finds the nonfiction categories packed with works that loot the vaults traditionally reserved for fiction. Mr. MacIntyre’s flamboyant bit of journalism offers a pulsing soundtrack, elaborate crane shots, and characters who talk (and act) as mean as they look. ‘Gangster’ is Guy Ritchie meets 60 Minutes.”
— NY Sun