A Scorsese masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (21 February 2020)

A truly superior movie. Far, far better in every aspect than the best picture Oscar winner, Parasite. Scorsese'd gangster movies are all engaging. For all it's length, and I watched it first in one of the few Australian cinemas not to boycott it, it never lost focus or my interest throughout. The boycott, to me, was the cinemas 'cutting off their noses to spite their collective faces'. Certainly four weeks was short, but it still played in the local Dendy Canberra cinema while it streamed on Netflix. It was great to see the superb DeNiro, Pesci and Pacino together, and the excellent supporting cast. I scored it 9 out of 10 because there is no 9.9. Not 10, yet, because I reserve that score for movies that in time, be stand out as classics. I am sure this movie will. If I live long enough, I will return and re-rate it 10.