Not Scorsese finest hour but its Daniel Day-Lewis finest performances as a actor

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2004)

Martin Scorsese rendering of Old New York is no where near as memorable or as classy as his other fantastic films but the great and memorable performance of Daniel Day-Lewis makes this film better than it really deserves. His performance is a classic, and you are just floored by him every time he is on the screen. He is only reason that the movie gets the respect it gets because with out him, this would have been Martin Scorsese fall from grace. It was a real crime that he did not win the Oscar, and if you see this film, you will know why. This is big come down of what Scorsese has done before but its Daniel Day-Lewis finest hour as an actor.