Great, except....

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2000)

This movie could seriously have been a classic. There are so, so many things right about the movie. The performances of the three main characters--DeNiro, Stone, and Pesci, are standard excellence. The script makes the movie quite enjoyable to watch. The sleazy vision of Las Vegas(visually as well as mentally) is well made. Scorceses direction is practically flawless, and the first hour of background on the Casino is some of the best footage of the 90's. This movie would have made my top 50 of all time except for one little problem....It is a pure carbon-copy of Goodfellas. The two main characters (Pesci, DeNiro) are the same, the general plotline (Naive rookie to the playing field sees the glamour at first in the business but soon realizes that the violence and politics might end in his own demise) is the same, the director and his style of direction is the same, the movie is shaped in the same way, etc.
If you're looking for a better movie, see Goodfellas. If you're looking for a more entertaining movie, see either of them.