100 |
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 | Roger Ebert |
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather." |
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100 | 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. |
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100 | James Berardinelli |
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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90 | Desson Thomson |
One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime. |
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80 | Jeremy Beday |
Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy." |
Read More: Rolling Stone |
80 | 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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80 | Jonathan Rosenbaum |
Stylistically, it's a remarkable effort -- with a continuous sense of gliding motion -- and the film is entertaining and gripping throughout. |
Read More: Chicago Reader |
70 | 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. |
Read More: Variety |