Essential viewing

Rating: 10/10 (9 April 2007)

I first saw this when it was released on DVD when i worked at a video store and i recommended to as many people as i could. A few were amazed and many were shocked.But thats what i love in a film,something moving,gritty,shocking,grimy,confronting,and just plain different from the rest of the garbage out there. I know this has been said but the academy should be very ashamed for not awarding Ellen Burstyn HER Oscar. She was robbed. I only started watching them again this year to see Scorsese receive HIS statues (at last). Burstyns performance was just so heart wrenching I'm still amazed 7yrs later. Jared Leto showed us that he can really act, Jennifer Connelly (when she picks the right roles) can knocked you out and does so here and Marlon Wayons turns out a star making dramatic performance. Christopher Macdonald also deserves a big mention as Tappy Tibbons who i read that a lot of his lines were improvised. Nothing else to say but go watch it!