| 100 |
Chicago Sun-Times
Scorsese tells his story with the energy and pacing he's famous for, and with a wealth of little details that feel just right.
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| 100 |
Chicago Tribune
You can't praise highly enough the contributions of the ensemble--De Niro and Pesci especially--but it's Scorsese's triumph. [22 November 1995, Tempo, p.1]
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| 100 |
Variety
Staff (Not credited)
Possesses a stylistic boldness and verisimilitude that is virtually matchless.
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| 90 |
Film.com
Eye-popping, exhilarating and occasionally a bit stomach-churning.
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| 90 |
Rolling Stone
Whether or not Casino meets your expectations, it delivers the rush you only get from an audacious gamble.
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| 88 |
USA Today
A 2-hour classic wrongfully stretched into three.
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| 88 |
ReelViews
Several flaws, mostly minor, keep Casino on a plateau slightly below that of the director's best (Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Goodfellas).
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| 80 |
Time
So long as Casino stays focused on the excesses -- of language, of violence, of ambition -- in the life-styles of the rich and infamous, it remains a smart, knowing, if often repetitive, spectacle.
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| 75 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Visually impressive, splendidly performed, thematically significant, this is a movie in full possession of every key cinematic asset except one -- a solid script. Casino is a polished vehicle with an untuned engine.
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| 70 |
The New York Times
Of all the bravura visual effects in Martin Scorsese's dazzingly stylish Casino, it's a glimpse of ordinary people that delivers the greatest jolt. [22 November 1995, p.C9]
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| 70 |
Film.com
This might have been a very good movie if it had lost about one of its three hours.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
Simultaneously quite watchable and passionless.
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| 70 |
Los Angeles Times
One of the ironies of Casino is that even though Scorsese is interested in the story's wider implications, he focuses so much energy on that unsavory romantic triangle that he and the film lose sight of the larger issues.
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| 60 |
Newsweek
As anthropology, it's fascinating, and everything about the production is first class. But the human drama at the heart of this movie is stillborn.
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| 60 |
TV Guide
Staff(not credited)
An accomplished film that carries with it the unshakable feeling that we've seen it all before.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
It's an ambitious film -- but also a scattered, unfocused one.
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| 30 |
Washington Post
Roll past this casino.
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