this film does not contain a spoiler but it is best to watch it before you read this review

Rating: 10/10 (25 August 2005)

Spectacular. A well made feast of thirty years in the mafia. I usually think there's no such thing as a ten out of ten but this is an exception. I could not believe how well made this film. Martin Scorsesie uses the camera throughout the film like a genius. Joe Pesci plays an excellent performance as Tommy the loose cannoned killer. Robert DeNiro plays the Jimmy and it remains one of the best performances of his life but the performance of the film for realism belongs to Ray Liotta as Henry, the kid who started in the mafia as a young child and morphed into a middle aged coke head. This film is through the eyes of him in the mob for three decades observing every death, deal and wise guy in the deck. The how am I funny stuff is just classic, the spider fall is photographed brilliantly, and the narration is excellent. This film like none other, one that breaks rules by almost parodying the mob, This film is GOODFELLAS