Goodfellas Reviews

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]

CINEMA AT IT'S FINEST

This is unarguably the best film ever produced by the human race. Should be shown on TV around the world daily, perhaps on it's own TV channel, repeated over and over again. Broadcasts of this movie should be sent into space as an example of the finest cinematic art ever produced so that any passing aliens would forever bow down to humankind's unsurpassable creative talent. The cast and director should all be canonised and put into office in the vatican city. De Niro, Scorsese, Pesci and Ray L's birthday's should all be decreed public holidays around the globe. I envy you if you have the unmeasurable pleasure of watching this film for the first time ahead of you.

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.

The best Mafia film ever

The whole Godfather theme brought more up to date. With friends like that who needs enemies.

Great film, terrible disc

Please forgive the one star review, this film deserves a five star for sure, the only thing which is a disaster is the fact that the disc is a two-sider. Yup, half way through the film you have to eject and turn the damn thing over! Disgrace. Shame really as they have just released the special edition which is dual layer instead. Wish I could have got this one instead.

Poor DVD, Great Film

This film isn't even on a DVD9. you have to turn it over half way through!!

Otherwise this is a brilliant film.

Awesome

Probably one of the best films ever made. De Niro, Pesci and Ray Liotta are all spot on. Every scene that involves Pesci has you glued to the screen wondering what is going to make him explode next, he is genuinely terrifying. The whole film is brilliantly shot and acted. Next to the Godfather nothing can touch it!!!!!

Good Fellas is an excellent movie but make sure you do not waste your money or time on the Bonus Disc

What am I a Clown?

Scorcese’s finest movie features an electrifying performance from Joe Pesci and Liotta and De Niro are superb too.

The Pesci “what am I a clown?” and “shoeshine” scenes are excruciatingly tense and I pretty much guarantee that they will be etched in your memory for years after the credits roll. Pesci is so scarily real that you have to remind yourself that he’s actually an actor and not a real-life pint-size psychopath (though I wouldn’t be surprised if he is!).

Funny, stylish, violent, shocking, mesmerising… the list goes on but suffice to say that this is definitely one of my all time favourite films and in my opinion it’s easily the best gangster movie ever (sorry all you hardcore Godfather fans out there!).

Films just don’t get any better! Think about it wiseguy!

What is it about Gangsta Movies?

I've avoided gangster movies. I think it's because I suspect they pander to criminals and the violent in the same way that famous prisoners are never short of fan-mail. The director usually finishes with some moral justification about 5 minutes from the end that crime never pays. However for a large slice of Hollywood it certainly does.