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Jay Weissberg, Variety: Scenes are allowed to build slowly, and while at first the narrative seems difficult to fully grasp, the elements all fall into place. Read more
Peter Keough, Boston Globe: Though the content of the typical mob movie can shock with its brutality and perversity, the tragic arc ultimately reinforces traditional values while allowing a vicarious indulgence in the taboo. Read more
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Writer-director Franceso Munzi has particularized the familial relationships enough for it to stand on its own. (As Tolstoy wrote, all happy crime families are the same but each unhappy crime family is unhappy in its own way.) Read more
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Black Souls is above all the story of a family divided, a fraternal knot that can be untied only through tragedy. Read more
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter: Black Souls... chooses the classic route of Greek tragedy, which is a natural match for the hard-faced, tight-lipped characters who spiral into general disaster. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Broodingly effective as a crime drama because it's driven by family dynamics as much as the mechanics of transgression. Read more
Stephen Holden, New York Times: "Black Souls" is an ominous, well-acted portrait of an ingrown feudal society of violence, retaliation and deadly machismo. Read more
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: A somber piece of film poetry about men so invested in a rigid notion of honor and revenge they become trapped in an endless loop of violence. Read more
James Rocchi, TheWrap: Solemn, strong Italian film about family, crime and the deep roots of revenge offers widescreen visions and intimate murders, making for a very different Mafia saga. Read more
Simon Abrams, Village Voice: The makers of Black Souls, a superior Italian gangster movie, deserve praise for executing with atypical sensitivity a generic times-are-changing/nostalgia-for-an-imaginary-chivalrous-yesteryear scenario. Read more
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture: It may not quite have the explosive charm of some of the classics, but Black Souls is an elegant, unsettling addition to the gangster-movie canon. Get on its unique wavelength, and you may find it transfixing. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Tales of Italians and organized crime are, quite frankly, starting to wear thin after years of overuse. But "Black Souls" has a deep and startling soulfulness that, despite its shocking conclusion, is profoundly moving. Read more