Stunning

Rating: 9/10 (1 April 2003)

In order to celebrate my 25th review, I'm going to write about a very, very, very good film. Scarface. Filled with sharp photography and top- notch performances, this movie has it all. The performances are all excellent here- from Pacino's crime lord, to Michelle Pheifer's b----, to F. Murray Abrahama's drug lord assistance, the portrayals are perfect. Unfortunately, this film didn't get any academy award nominations. The script by Oliver Stone covers extensively everything a viewer should see, but the direction by Depalma is a bit lacking. The photography is beautiful and the score by Giorgo Moroder kicks serious a--. This film deserves to be in the top list, but unfortunately it isn't even on the top #250. Now, to the flaws. The two main problems for me are, first the swearing. There is just way too many f***'s to really enjoy the dilaouge. Second, the last twenty minutes, is just like a John Woo action film, which took away from the story. Even though this film runs at 2 hours 50 minutes, I definitely didn't feel it at all. Scarface, although minorly flawed, is one of the best films of all time. 9.75/10