Good, over rated here though...

Rating: 8/10 (17 November 2001)

It's hard to find fault with a flick that dares to be different, is well acted and pushes it's Unique Conceit(here the Reverse Mode) right to the end. Not a problem so far.
Guy Pearce as always, quite good. Always think of Russell Crowe when I see him-LA Confidential days-here he has done a fine job. Guido the Killer Pimp Pantaliano is fine too-has that Taller brother of Joe Pesci act down as always. Moss was okay if a little shrill.
Can't say that I followed some of the threads that well, or particularily bought the Unique Conceit as much's the rest here did. And I wonder how this would play if someone went in, and reedited it 'back to front', so we could watch this in linear time. Would it make as much sense, much less have everyone oohing and ahhhhhhing here? I doubt it.
I really hope they don't go out and try repeating this formula either, here it's pulled off well but would be completely incoherent in lesser hands. Yikes.
This if anything was better than Pulp Fiction, another one of the most Overrated things I ever saw in my life. This is better.
I would give this about a ***1/2 outta **** for effort, execution and just for the sheer brass. But is it as good as Godfather or Lawrence of Arabia?

Nope.