Rarely a simple and straightforward movie wakes up all the grey matter in your head like this one. The narrative style of Goodfellas make it something beyond a cult classic, its a perfect case study. Martin Scorsese's movie based on book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi is well-made film that tasted success on BO as well.
Henry Hill is a born gangster. Elite crime is what he wants from life. He gets that. Under patronage of Paulie and Jimmy, he starts a promising career. He becomes pretty successful in his trade because he believes and follows the rules. However, fate looks at them with a vicious grin when they are trapped by FBI. The darker side comes in open. Ray Liotta as Henry gives a fine performance. Joe Pesci in a brief role is brilliant and won the Academy for it. But show stealer was Robert De Niro as Jimmy. He gives a very refined and controlled performance.
The movie will be remembered for short and compact scenes moving between past and present give an interesting feel to the story presentation. Work by Scorsese is really commendable. Dialogues are powerful. Action is believable. Camerawork is good. BG score is good. Performances are great. Boy, he had 100 pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and he got all of them right.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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