Strong and brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 1999)

This movie succeeds in every possible way - strong story, great acting and loads of atmosphere. De Niro is excellent as "Ace" Rothstein, the slick casino owner and Pesci indispendable as Nicky the hard-hitting runt of a gangster. Not to forget Sharon Stone in her (probably) best film ever.
Even though it's extremely violent it's not in the same bizarre way as in the notorious David Lynch's films, which makes it easier to take. It is over three hours long but never seems tiresome. Scorsese really got it right this time. 10/10