| 100 |
Christian Science Monitor
Stunningly acted. [21 September 1990, The Arts, p.12]
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| 100 |
Chicago Sun-Times
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather."
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| 100 |
Chicago Tribune
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]
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| 100 |
Mr. Showbiz
Carmel Dagan
Director Martin Scorsese's spectacular, irreverent picture.
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| 100 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Ferocious brutality is presented without commentary or judgment, yet with unmistakable moral understanding and vision. [21 September 1990, Daily Notebook p.E-1]
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| 100 |
USA Today
Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D]
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| 100 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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.
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| 100 |
ReelViews
With patience, care, and strict attention to detail, Scorsese has staked out an impregnable position in the history of motion pictures.
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| 100 |
Time
So it is Scorsese's triumph that GoodFellas offers the fastest, sharpest 2 1/2-hr. ride in recent film history. [Sept 24, 1990]
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| 100 |
Los Angeles Times
GoodFellas is "Raging Bull" squared. [20 September 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]
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| 90 |
Washington Post
One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime.
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| 90 |
Film.com
An appalling masterpiece.
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| 80 |
Rolling Stone
Jeremy Beday
Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy."
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| 80 |
Chicago Reader
Stylistically, it's a remarkable effort -- with a continuous sense of gliding motion -- and the film is entertaining and gripping throughout.
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| 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.
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| 70 |
The New Yorker
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]
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| 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.
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| 50 |
The New Republic
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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