Is this any good?

Well, since my wife and me started watching it last night at 11 just to see what it was like and couldn't stop watching it until we reached the end, at 1.30, I'd say yes, it's quite good. Had Tornatore continued along this line, we'd have some more movies to be proud of in this country, but I suspect that talking about camorra, Cutolo, Neaples, Neapolitan politicians etc. wasn't the best way to obtain money for your films, so Tornatore had to move to more reassuring topics...