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Created Jul 15, 2010 12:20AM PST • Edited Jul 15, 2010 12:20AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   “The best mob movie ever!” Preaches Roger Ebert of the Chicago-Sun Times. While not the best mob movie ever, Martin Scorsese’s brilliant masterpiece Goodfellas ranks high up there with films like The Godfather. After being told by just about everyone to see this movie I finally did. And to simply put it…..It blew me away like one of Tony Montana’s machine guns! Martin Scorsese is one of the most brilliant and most talented directors in the world of cinema, and this is easily my favorite film of his. To me, this places itself right in front some of his other classics such as Raging Bull and Taxi Driver.

   The film tells the true life story of Henry Hill. The film traces Henry’s life. It shows us his beginnings working for Paul Cicero and his involvement in murders with friends Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito. This all leads up to his sudden demise.

   This is the film you have to love even if you don’t like gangster films. Filled with rich performances and artful story telling, Goodfellas is something of a masterwork.

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   The acting is absolutely phenomenal.

   Before I get to the heavy hitters like De Niro and Pesci, let me talk about Ray Liotta’s overlooked and underrated performance as main character Henry Hill. His dry humor, sarcasm, emotion, and mannerisms really bring out his true colors and makes his performance really stand out.

   Now for the big guys, Pesci and De Niro. What can I say except Pesci deserved his Oscar and De Niro offered good support. Pesci is so frightening and yet so funny(oops, maybe I shouldnt’ve called him that) that its hard not to like his character, despite how horrible a person he is. As for De Niro, he brings out his usual acting chops.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Perfect 5.0

    The film moves at a steady pace for 2 and a half hours. Also, the script is very rich. I enjoyed Liotta’s monologues and every one of Pesci’s lines was hilarious. The soundtrack has to be one of the best for any movie. One thing I know about good ol Marty Scorsese is he has good taste in music.

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

12. Play Perfect 5.0

13. Music Perfect 5.0

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Horrid 3.8

    This has to be the most violent and foul mouthed mobster film I have ever seen in my life.

17. Sex Erotic 3.0

18. Violence Savage 4.5

19. Rudeness Nasty 4.0

21. Reality

    Natural 1.0

    Well, considering this all actually happened…..

22. Circumstantial Natural 1.0

23. Biological Natural 1.0

24. Physical Natural 1.0