Great!!!!!

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2000)

Totally superb from acting to directing to plot to dialogue. Definitely in my top 10 list and a joy to watch over and over again. To be fair there are a few negatives. At times it is difficult to understand what Marlon Brando is saying. Also, having read the book, there are some interesting characters and sub-plots that are hardly developed in either this move or the sequel. The character of Luca Bracci was never fully appreciated in the movie and he appears almost to be a buffoon. In the book he is an incredibly feared individual that had wiped out some competing mobs single handedly. You could say he was the Michael Jordan of hitmen.
The character of Lucy was just seen as a tramp used by Santino in the movie where she was a fairly interesting character as well as Johnny Fontaine. Anyone who has seen the movie should also read the book to understand what I mean.