Fiercely entertaining! Scorsese's best of them all.

Rating: 10/10 (7 August 2008)

This is probably Martin Scorsese's best movie of them all. Not his best since Goodfellas. The film is fiercely entertaining and features superb acting. I really like how Leonardo Dicaprio has gone from being just another "pretty boy" to a truly decent actor. I remember after Titanic, there was that whole Leo mania thing and I became convinced that the guy was just an idiot but after seeing his performance in this movie I think he has now completely shed that whole "pretty boy" image. I also thought that Scorsese was well overdue for his Oscar win and to direct a film that won best picture. The only downside to the film was that Robert Deniro and Joe Pesci were not in it. I think they both could have added a lot but Jack Nicholson was certainly a good choice for Costello. This is probably one of the best films ever made and certainly the best film Scorsese has directed.