Over-rated

Rating: 7/10 (8 October 2006)

This is a good film but not brilliant. I was really looking forward to seeing it as I'm a fan of all of the actors in this film. However, I found the story to be at times a little corny and it lacked soul and depth. It felt as if so much was happening but we have seen this before in cinema. I didn't take anything new away from this film. There were some lovely moments but all being said, I left the cinema a little disappointed. The critics were raving - look at the full page ads in the New York Post and New York Times. The style of the film felt like a non stop video clip. I wasn't keen on the editing in this respect. It was a very different style to Scorcese's other works, brightly lit - it in some ways reminded me of Pulp Fiction - kind of surreal - but not a drama reality.
Worth seeing but doesn't come close to Goodfellas. or Casino.