I wish I could call this movie a classic

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2000)

I must admit that I really wanted this movie to be a classic. It was headed in that direction, but did not quite make it there.
I personally feel that the director should have further developed the 'cat and mouse' aspect between Niel (DeNiro) and Vincent (Pacino) and also the odd relationship that developed between the two. The scene I found most impressive and could rewind and watch a thousand times is the discussion that Niel and Vincent have in the coffee shop. You get a feeling that these two have so much in common and in a way like each other. A few more 'scores' with both outwitting and out-thinking each other would also have made the movie more intense.
Unfortunately by the end of the movie, I felt sad that an opportunity of making a true classic had been wasted.
Still worth watching though.