Scorsese does it again.

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2002)

Yeah, I loved this overlong love letter to America too. Scorsese never fails to pay homage to the great directors of the past, and in this one, I see a little bit of von Sternberg and William Cameron Menzies creeping in (well, not a little, a whole lot!) Halfway through this mesmerizing film I began wishing that Scorsese would remake "San Francisco" (the only director who, with his vision, could pull it off!). And by the middle of the film, I had sensed (and hoped) that he just might toss a valentine to the '36 classic at the conclusion of his masterful epic. By the end of the movie, I had realized--in a way-- he did.