Pacino a true chameleon

Rating: 9/10 (26 January 1999)

Al Pacino is probably one of the best actors ever. In movies like Donnie Brasco, Scarface, Godfather Trilogy, etc. he doesn't seem all that much the same. In Scarface he is totally believable as a Cuban, just the same as an Italian-American in The Godfather movies, and a middle level gangster in Brasco. In most of his movies he is the star but that doesn't change the fact that he is first and foremost a character actor instead of a movie star who just basically plays himself every single movie. Plus movie stars are afraid of taking roles where they end up being a bad guy, scared of being disliked by the fans.