Goodfellas (1990)
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, and how he rose to be the notorious gangster he always wanted to be.
22 December 1939, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1 October 1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA
9 September 1987, Queens, New York, USA
January 27, 2017
A fascinating, intelligent, and in some ways groundbreaking movie.
January 22, 2017
For its swaggering energy, the heart-in-your-throat pacing and for some of the most memorable, most imitated scenes in mafia movie history, this must rank as one of Scorsese's finest films, if not the best.
March 25, 2014
All of the performances are first-rate; Pesci stands out, though, with his seemingly unscripted manner. GoodFellas is easily one of the year`s best films.
January 19, 2017
This is Scorsese at the very height of his powers, orchestrating storytelling with a dynamic urgency and a bravura use of camera, music and outstanding performers.
March 25, 2014
Spanning thirty years and running two and a half hours, the film bristles with the violent passion, howitzer wit and virtuoso style that made Scorsese's reputation with the gangster drama Mean Streets in 1973.
September 18, 2015
One remains detached from the characters, but Scorsese succeeds in smashing all the foolishly romantic myths about the mob with this shocking, vigorously honest portrait of a slick yuppie gangster who couldn't stand being "an average nobody."
March 25, 2014
In GoodFellas, Scorsese, that connoisseur of mean streets and brutish, reflexive rage, has fashioned a stunning film that belongs on the same lonely, top shelf as Coppola's Mafia saga.
March 25, 2014
GoodFellas, which somehow mixes its horrors with a deep vein of mordant humor, flows with the exuberance of a filmmaker who has every detail nailed and a few new lovely moves he wants to show us.
January 23, 2017
It's a film full of thrilling entertainment: a juicy, wry and relentless account of a garish way of life.
January 19, 2017
Brash and brilliant ...
January 16, 2017
Sure, it's a rush - but is that enough?
January 20, 2017
Goodfellas is a terrifying film because, like much of Scorsese's best work, it is about the lives of avuncular psychopaths, and pretty-boy Liotta brilliantly encapsulates that fetid contradiction.
