The Last Great Crime Movie

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2015)

Six. Six times I have seen this movie, and six times it has left me with my jaw on the ground and rubbing my eyes in amazement. The plot, the writing, the directing, and the acting, are all beyond exceptional. Incredibly in depth, the film is perhaps Scorsese's most underrated, a movie that belongs in the archives. While many crime films have plots whose holes are crudely filled in with blood and action, this is delicately laid out and executed in the most satisfying way. While faint shadows of Goodfella's can be seen throughout, DiCaprio and Nicholson's performance make this film their own. This movie forever changed criminal cinema in the millennium.