One of the best mob movies ever made.

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2000)

Martin Scorsese pulls you into the world of Henry Hill so effortlessly, you don't even realize that nearly two and a half hours have gone by. Henry Hill gives us first person narration in his rise through the ranks of the mob. He goes from being a small time hood, to a major player. Along the way, we meet his partners in crime: Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVitto. These two are played with finesse and bombast by Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci. We get glimpses into the lives of wiseguys. They have money, power and girls. But underneath the glossy surface, there's always the treat of violence that could erupt at any time. An off the cuff remark from Henry sends Tommy into a rant that borderlines a catastrophe. Scorsese pulls no punches in delivering the violence that fills the lives of these people. Life in the mob is not a glamorous life, it's filled with threats, violence, and paranoia. One of the best sequences in the film is toward the end where Henry starts out his day at 6:55 AM and it gets worse from there. Scorsese pulls you into Henry's frantic world by the voiceover, and pretty soon, you're concerned about the dinner that Henry is planning. Goodfellas is one of the best films ever made about life in the mob. It shows the highs and the lows, and the danger that lays in each.