Gambled and lost

Rating: 4/10 (19 September 2005)

The great thing about this movie are the strong cast and the strong characters they portray. The incredible acting talents of Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci definitely bring their characters to life. In reality, THEY, and other incredible talents made the movie memorable. And they are the ones who prevented this movie from being nominated for the worst picture award.
Because when you look at the whole movie without those incredible talents, it is very lame and impotent. It has a great beginning, an interesting ending, but much of the middle is worthless. Out of 3 hours of movie, maybe 1 is watchable.
It can be compared to a practical joke that involves a piece of paper that says, "How do you keep an idiot busy, turn over." And on the other side it says "How do you keep an idiot busy, turn over." In terms of entertainment and development, it would as effective to make a 20 minute movie, and repeat that exact same 20 minute movie over and over again until near the end of the movie. Cause it has no interesting plot twists. No real character development after the initial introduction around the beginning. And much of it falls under the "yeah, and?" category.
Altogether, this movie gambled and lost.