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Goodfellas
Warner Bros.
FILM:
TV:
MPAA RATING: R
Starring
Robert De Niro,
Ray Liotta,
Joe Pesci,
Lorraine Bracco,
Paul Sorvino,
Frank Sivero,
Tony Darrow,
and
Mike Starr
Based on the bestselling book "Wiseguy" by Nicholas Pileggi, Scorsese's film profiles nearly 30 years of mob life in New York City.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Nicholas Pileggi (novel
Martin Scorsese
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Martin Scorsese
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 24, 1997
Video: February 5, 1992
Theatrical: September 1, 1990
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| RUNNING TIME: |
146 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Nominated for six Academy Awards in 1991, including Best Picture (but lost out to Dances With Wolves). It did win Best Picture from the British Academy Awards, the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Golden Globes, the LA Film Critics Association, the National Society of Film Critics, and the NY Film Critics Circle.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
100
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Stunningly acted. [21 September 1990, The Arts, p.12]
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather."

100
Chicago Tribune
Gene Siskel
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. [21 September 1990, Friday, p.C]
100
Mr. Showbiz
Carmel Dagan
Director Martin Scorsese's spectacular, irreverent picture.
100
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Ferocious brutality is presented without commentary or judgment, yet with unmistakable moral understanding and vision. [21 September 1990, Daily Notebook p.E-1]
100
USA Today
Mike Clark
Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D]
100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Jay Scott
No so-called serious gangster film has ever been more fun, or less dangerous, or more intrinsically feminist, than GoodFellas. Even "I Married the Mob" was scarier.

100
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
With patience, care, and strict attention to detail, Scorsese has staked out an impregnable position in the history of motion pictures.

100
Time
Richard Corliss
So it is Scorsese's triumph that GoodFellas offers the fastest, sharpest 2 1/2-hr. ride in recent film history. [Sept 24, 1990]
100
Los Angeles Times
Sheila Benson
GoodFellas is "Raging Bull" squared. [20 September 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]
90
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime.

90
Film.com
John Hartl
An appalling masterpiece.
80
Rolling Stone
Jeremy Beday
Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy."

80
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Stylistically, it's a remarkable effort -- with a continuous sense of gliding motion -- and the film is entertaining and gripping throughout.

80
TV Guide
Staff (not credited)
Scorsese's rich tapestry is both broader in scope and more detailed than a mere recounting of the events in the trio's life of crime.

70
The New Yorker
Pauline Kael
Is it a great movie? I don't think so. But it's a triumphant piece of filmmaking -- journalism presented with the brio of drama. [24 Sept 1990]
70
Variety
Staff (Not credited)
Simultaneously fascinating and repellent, Goodfellas is Martin Scorsese's colorful but dramatically unsatisfying inside look at Mafia life in 1955-1980 New York City.

50
The New Republic
Stanley Kauffmann
Scorsese's style, fierce as it is, doesn't accomplish what he clearly expected of it. Often, in many arts, fresh treatment can redeem familiar subjects, but it doesn't happen here. [Oct 22, 1990]

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