How is Joe Pesci funny? Probably for the same reason that this is a masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (29 September 2005)

Watching "Goodfellas", you certainly get the feeling that Martin Scorsese had wanted to make this movie for a long time. Thank God that he finally got to; it was probably his best movie up to that time. It shows the mafia world through the eyes of up-and-comer Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). Jimmy Conway (Robert DeNiro) is Henry's main entry point into the mafia, but Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is also something else. Needless to say, there is a LOT of violence (well duh; this movie's about crime), but none of it gratuitous.
You may have heard of Joe Pesci's "How am I funny?" speech. Let's just say that you have to see it to believe it. In fact, you have to see the whole movie to believe it. And to get a feeling of Martin Scorsese at his best.