Good but not great

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2019)

It was good, make no mistake about it, just not quite as good as I was hoping for from an Academy Award Best Picture.
Performances were excellent, as were the period settings. Scripting mostly good, though I'm pretty sure there were at least a couple of modern expressions that crept into the dialogue that were not in popular use at the time.
My biggest complaint is the predictability of the plot. No surprises whatsoever. Runner up is the stereotyping of Italian Americans, particularly annoying in a movie that challenges stereotyping of blacks.