An Incredible Movie with a great cast and great acting

Rating: 10/10 (5 May 2007)

I find it hard to believe that people write reviews to bash this movie. This is an excellent film, with excellent acting, and, of course, incredible directing. I like the fact the movie started at about the halfway point of Henry Hill's mob career. It's like something to look forward to after you've seen him rise through the ranks of the mob. He starts off very young, and they become his family.
Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro are, as always, great in this movie. They play the characters that are so deranged and mental that it is disturbing; but somehow, you don't even realize it after a while, and you come to like them because of how they go about their business and how they enjoy each other's company.
My favorite scene is after Tommy D. (Pesci), Jimmy Conway (De Niro), and Hill (Liotta) have just killed Billy Batts. They stop by Tommy's mom's house (Scorsese's mother in real life) to get a butcher's knife for the dead body. His mother wakes up and insists on making them a dinner in the middle of the night. They all sit and have a nice Italian dinner, and they all exchange light-hearted dialogue to relieve the tension of the previous scene of the brutal beating of Bill Batts.
Overall, 'Goodfellas' is my all-time favorite movie, but shouldn't be enjoyed by anyone under 18 years old. 10/10