One of the Greatest Movies Ever Made.

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2004)

'Once Upon a Time in America' is quite simply the best gangster movie I have seen and is one of the greatest movies ever made. The entire story is like a long, beautiful, haunting, and scary dream. By the end of the film, it feels like I've witnessed the entire lives of the characters. It feels like I understood their every joy and sadness, triumph and frustration. The picture presented by Sergio Leone is bleak, but it is appropriate considering the subject matter. It manages to cover over 50 years of time, but the movie does not seem long at all.
Robert DeNiro play Noodles, an aging man who can't forget the sins of the past. Just by looking at his face, I could sense the burden of a lifetime of mistakes, lost livelihood and friendships. An all around brilliant film and quite possibly a masterpiece.