Scorsese at the top of his form.

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 1999)

Scorsese is a genius.With Goodfellas, he demonstrates his full command of the medium. He uses every technique at his disposal to tell his story. He uses the camera like an artist uses a paint brush. With the use of voice over narration,freeze frame, long tracking shots,flawless editing and popular music to accentuate the atmosphere of each scene,he creates a masterpiece.He gets great performances from all his actors with an outstanding performance by Joe Pesci. Scorsese does a fabulous job of creating the feel of urgency and paranoia in the final segment. I don't think there is another director on the planet that could have translated the source material onto the screen as effectively as Scorsese has. A superb film in every respect.