A Bloody Trip Down Memory Lane

Rating: 5/10 (21 September 2011)

Wow. Can't agree with most of the reviews for this one.
Love DeNiro and Scorcese and Goodfellas and Raging Bull are two of my favorites, but I found Casino hard to sit through, despite the great performances. I think Scorcese went to the DeNiro/Pesci/gangster film well once too often. I found the aging and diminutive Joe Pesci a little hard to believe as a Mafia enforcer and his "love" scene with Sharon Stone is unintentionally comical.
Brutally violent, overly long, and with few laughs to break the monotony, I actually found myself looking at my watch halfway through. Non-stop narration is distracting and an odd choice for Scorcese.