Casino is one of the greatest movies in film history and a genuine modern work of art

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2006)

Casino is one of the greatest movies in film history and a genuine modern work of art. I don't say that lightly, as there are a lot of great movies and mankind has done a lot of amazing things for us in the past 100 years, but Casino really is one of those movies that you would like to think every other movie since its release should try and live up to in terms of quality. The performance out of Sharon Stone is just amazing, Scorsese uses her to her best and you really feel that any other movie Sharon Stone has done just might have been wasting her true talents. Of course Scorsese is the real talent here and Casino is way up there with Goodfellas (although not as good as Goodfellas, but the fact that Casino is still one of the great movies of our time is just a testament to Scorsese's skills.
Of course this is an R rated movie, it has liberal use of violence, language and drug use, so it is not one for your kids. But even though it has a lot of violence and such, not once did I feel I was offended, only that I was experiencing the movie exactly as Scorsese intended it. And I think it's safe to say that he intended it to be a masterpiece.
You could point out a billion technical faults with Casino, but I would never see anything wrong with it. Although I don't feel it does it justice, as it seems many critics are happy to give full marks to any old movie, I give Casino an honest 10 out of 10, five stars and a highly recommended tag.