Goodfellas Details

Give Yourself a Treat

This film is the dogs danglers of gangster films. It really does have it all. There's no showboating, every actor is at the top of their game. The main characters narration adds so much to the story, helping to flesh out the characters and explain the seductive allure of the gangster lifestyle while illustrating the lethal insecurity that goes hand in hand with it. Go on watch this film and give yourself a treat.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Go home and get your shine box.

The story is based on true events and characters from a novel named 'Wise Guy' written by crime reporter Nicholos Pileggi. It is about this boy Henry Hill born (Ray Liotta) in 1943 in a poor working class family who wanted to be in a gang since his boyhood because that gave him freedom, money, and respect from people. He joins hands with Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) and Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro). This trio starts by hijacking, stealing and selling goods from huge truck loads. Once arrested Hill starts dealing in drugs in prison and when out continues to do so. In the end, with difficult times, of police after him, with new enemies and having difficult times with his wife Karen (Lorriane Bracco) – he decides to be an informant to avoid prison sentence and gives in most of his gangster friends – good fellows! The movie is directed by Martin Scorsese, who like Tarantino has earned his reputation with cold blooded killing of people and mafia movies. He directs the movie well in all departments and combines with ample social, family and drama scenes to balance the dark narrative.