Cast and crew deliver

Rating: 9/10 (29 March 2003)

First of all this is a character drama, Robert DeNiro gives his best performance ever. Pesci and Moriarity fit perfectly into their roles as Jake's younger brother and Jake's wife. Without a doubt this is Scorsese's best directorial piece, everything fits perfectly. DeNiro's monologues are a piece of work, the domestic abuse scenes are extremely well done and give you a genuine scare because the way Scorsese does it is original. The fight scenes are better than Rocky and and other boxing movie, quiet scenes about the family quickly and violently erupt into the ring showing powerhouse punches and knockouts with cameras going off and blood and sweat being sprayed in every direction.
9/10, DeNiro arguably gives the best performance of the 80's. Joe Pesci goes with DeNiro was bread goes with butter, look for them together in Goodfellas and Casino, all three movies are Scorsese/DeNiro/Pesci masterpieces and they do not fail to amaze and entertain.