GoodFellas (1990)
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Goodfellas is one of those rare films you can watch again and again and still come away feeling you've watched true cinematic mastery at work. The films depiction of the mob is in no way glossy, there's no romantic aspirations of the life of a gangster, it simply puts it as it is. The violence, the cutthroat nature of the lives of these mobsters isn't watered down, if there ever was an anti gang film this may well be it. Ray liotta gives the performance of his career, a height he was never able to hit again and possibly should have earned him an Oscar. De Niro once again proves his craft as the sociopathic Jimmy, teaming up with director Martin Scorcese for a fifth time. Pesci undoubtedly steals the show as the blisteringly violent mobster Tommy De Vito. However the unsung performance of the film falls to Lorraine Bracco as the mob wife a role she play with great energy and brilliant depth, surely Oscar worthy. If you're looking for the definitive Scorcese film, this may be his best.
Ranks up there with the Godfather trilogy. One of the greatest masterpieces in the genre of crime. Inspired the writing of The Sopranos (1999) as much detail and a total of 27 actors therein also featured in this epic mafia movie.
Trying to pass Ray Liotta off as a 21 year old was a joke.
This film and Scorsese are overrated beyond belief! I'm sure he has many friends up high that have been pumping up his movies' reviews for decades. I'll never forget what a huge piece of garbage "Gangs of New York" was. It currently sits at 7.5/10 in IMDB. Yeaah, sure. Goodfellas is about the same theme: gangsters. It's full of mindless, excessive violence that means and teaches absolutely nothing. A film empty of any meaning. The soundtrack was nice at some points but not nearly enough to justify spending time to watch this film. I have to note that 3 of the friends I was watching it with fell asleep.