the single best film of the decade

Rating: 10/10 (20 October 1998)

What can't be said about this film? It is the single best motion picture made this decade. It shows every aspect of why Martin Scorsese is the greatest living American director. It would have been simple enough to make a small budget gangster film from Pillegi's book, but Scorsese wanted to give us more than that. Reading the book makes me want to see the film again and vice versa. If anyone ever wants to know what Judas felt like just like at Ray Liotta's eyes at the conclusion of the film. He's right, he's just an average schnook who's sold his whole life out for nothing. What more can be said?