One of my top five

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 2004)

Stylish, noirish, "reality" movie is a blunt rush of cinematography that makes you giddy. Beyond the genius adaptation of Nick Pileggi's tell-all, "True Crime" book, you have enormous performances by almost everyone in the film. Ray Liotta is off the chart as Henry Hill, Pesci is extremely disturbing as Tommy, DeNiro is insanely good as Jimmy, Paul Sorvino was never better and Lorraine Bracco's turn as Karen sends the whole project into overdrive. The small things, like Tommy's mother's paintings and the crew's discussion of the boat painting bring a demented light to the movie which frankly has not been attained in any other movie. Improves with frequent viewing.