For those who thought the Godfather was too intellectually complex

Rating: Null/10 (4 June 2004)

Puzo's tale described the brilliant Sicilians of early 20th century America who were compelled to form organized crime syndicates because legitimate society would not accept them into its upper echelons. Goodfellas chronicles the underlings who were left over when the Dartmouth educated Michael Corleones of the mafia were gradually accepted into mainstream society--i.e. politics, business, law, science, and art. So it is no surprise that Goodfellas appears aimed primarily at the Daily News reading overweight highschool dropout male 18-47 demographic who listen to Howard Stern in the morning, blow half their weekly paycheck on strip clubs and sports betting, and vacation in Vegas. Some of the IMDb's brightest film commentators love this movie, which is a mystery to me. All I got out of it were some OK recipes. Paul's Points: 4.7---Movies it copied: Godfather, Mean Streets, Raging Bull