Greatest contemporary American film!

Rating: 10/10 (3 June 1999)

Goodfellas is without a doubt my favorite American film in the last 20 years......hell I'm pushed to think of a better one ever. Scorcese hit all the right notes with this film. The use of music was spot on....the camera work was dazzling....who can forget the tracking shot as they walk into the restaurant via the back door and take their seats front and centre. The performances were uniformly wonderful....yeah, like Scorcese makes films without great central performances...I think not. I pity Ray Liotta....where could he go after the performance he gave in Goodfellas?....Turbulence!! It reminds me of Ken Wahl after his role in The Wanderers. The guy shoulda been a star but it was never to be. Well there's nothing more for me to say that hasn't been said many times before about this amazing film. I just wish films of this quality were the rule and not the exception.