Its a very good movie but not perfect

Rating: 7/10 (21 November 2019)

To start, the pace of the movie and the acting (specially Al Pacino, Depp and Madsen) for me were very good. It is one of the movies that will leave you wanting to know what is going to happen next as Depp (Donnie Brasco) starts to get himself deeper and deeper in the mafia life leaving his own family on the sidelines. However, this movie has its flaws. Although the writing is very good there are some moments that leave you thinking why the mob did not investigate Donnie Brasco deeper before getting him involved w them? I mean, they could have very well just followed this guy to find out he had a family living right there not too far away. This is a true story so Im sure the mob did do their research at the time but this is not shown in the movie. I just do think they could have explored that a little more.
Also the duality of Depp's character is great and will leave you wondering. I mean this guy was neglecting his own family to serve his country but also starting to like some of the people in the mob (Lefty, Al Pacino's character) to the extent that he couldnt leave anymore or this guy would be killed. It's interesting and it did make a great movie in the end. Although its not perfect, I enjoyed it and definitely recommend.