A great crime/drama film

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2012)

There are many films that I would highly rate when it comes to crime films. Pulp Fiction, Dark Knight, The Godfather and the Shawshank Redemption but in this list will always come Goodfellas.
Goodfellas is not just a movie about gangsters. Its a movie that has heart and emotion as well as comedy, violence and pretty much everything else. Much of the film focuses on the inner self of our three main mobsters: Henry, Jimmy and Tommie. The film deeply explores the personalities of each character and shows us the friendship between these three criminals. This film does something "Quentin Tarantino" ish and that is something I found interesting for a Martin Scorsosse film and that is the link between the opening scene and a scene approximately half way during the movie. The film mainly focuses on Henry, our main character, as a boy at a young age who had admired and wanted to be a gangster like the family he idolised, the Luchhes'.
I found each of the main characters fascinating, and as much as I liked the character story for Henry, I mainly enjoyed Joe Pesci's Oscar winning performance as Tommie. I often found myself laughing at Tommie.
The casting for this film could not have been any better. Robert de Niro as Jimmy was brilliant, Ray Liatto as Henry was great and most of all Joe Pesci as Tommie was the best of the three.
I liked the story very much which focuses on Henry as he mainly tries to become a gangster in order to also help out his family. I found the ending emotional and brilliantly done.
Overall, fans of crime movies must check out Goodfellas. It'll hardly disappoint!