Pretty good, it makes it to the top 5 of best mob movies

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2006)

I just saw a couple users on IMDb call this movie either the number one Mafia movie or like in their top three. Um, not sure if I would go that far to say that, but still Donnie Brasco was a great movie and made a very decent biography about the under cover detective who soon changed his thoughts on being in the mafia. I have to say that I had my doubts at first because of Johnny Depp.
Please, don't get me wrong, Johnny is one of my favorite actors in the world, but him playing an Italian? He blew me away and made me truly believe that he was Donnie Brasco. I couldn't believe that he could be such a good mobster/detective. He and Pacino worked so well off each other and I think a lot of people automatically noticed and that's what made this movie work. Donnie and his wife just broke my heart, I felt so bad for her. She was so badly mistreated by Donnie and he even scarred me when you could tell he was starting to become one of the Mafia.
Donnie Brasco is a good film I would recommend, and like I said, it's in the top 5 mob movies, so please don't expect the best. Don't take that as an insult to the movie, I just don't think any mob movie could beat Goodfellas, Casino, or The Godfather.
7/10