Best movie I have ever seen. Unmissable.

Rating: 10/10 (20 July 2000)

This movie is what got me hooked on movies to begin with. To me it's the greatest film ever made. So many excellent scenes. So many excellent cameramovements. The voice-overs. The acting (i'd name a couple of good performances but they're all just terrific). The score is also terrific. It's the story of Henry Miller's rise and fall in the mob-world. The story effortlessly unfolds into a shocking, sometimes even hilariously funny but always compelling epic. It's a portrait of the crime-world in suburbia during the 50s 60s and 70s and it is so plausible it came as no surprise to me to learn it was based on a true story.