The Godfather...or Goodfellows it ain't but...

Rating: 6/10 (6 March 2007)

This movie was good but nowhere near the block-buster I expected from all the Oscar hype. Several of the castings didn't work for me. Wahlberg just doesn't project as the tough guy he's supposed to be and I can never take Alec Baldwin (or any of the Baldwin brothers for that matter)in a serious, tough role. Damon and Dicaprio were excellent but I thought Nicholson played it a little over the top. I kept expecting him to show up in his Joker makeup in the next scene. I didn't really need to see him imitate a rat either. This was a good movie, not great though, and doesn't come close to matching either the Godfather or Goodfellows for originality. Basically everything we see in this movie we've seen before.