a modern classic

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2006)

I absolutely love this film. I saw it a few years back for the first time and remember loving it immediately but it has taken several recent viewings for me to truly realise how much class the film actually contains. Be it Scorcesses stunning direction that really places the audience into this audacious lifestyle or the casts consistently note perfect performances. Although both Deniro and Liotta are brilliant it is Pesci that is the real don in this mafioso pic. It is a true testament to his abilities that you begin to laugh with this brutal murderer, a man who in one of the films most powerful moments murders an innocent man for the fear of losing some of the macho image that a lot of this lifestyle is built on. A hilarious, powerful and ultimately fascinating modern classic.