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GoodFellas

1990 Directed by Martin Scorsese

Three Decades of Life in the Mafia.

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Ray Liotta Robert De Niro Joe Pesci Lorraine Bracco Paul Sorvino Frank Sivero Tony Darrow Mike Starr Frank Vincent Chuck Low Frank DiLeo Henny Youngman Gina Mastrogiacomo Catherine Scorsese Charles Scorsese Suzanne Shepherd Debi Mazar Margo Winkler Welker White Jerry Vale Julie Garfield Christopher Serrone Elaine Kagan Beau Starr Kevin Corrigan Michael Imperioli Robbie Vinton Johnny Williams Daniel P. Conte Show All…

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★ 11

i was gonna write “wtf this is just the mafia version of the wolf of wall street” as my review but i just KNOW some guy who hates fun would comment “Actually, GoodFellas came out 23 years prior to The Wolf of Wall Street, so technically The Wolf of Wall Street would be the stockbroker version of GoodFellas. Both films are great, though!” so it’s not worth it
Review by Arielrocks5 ★★★★★ 91

Dear Silent Dawn/All of Letterboxd.

I deeply apologize for not seeing this film until today even though I'm only seventeen. I should have seen this when I was first born. I need to stop making excuses. This movie is as good as you've heard and maybe even better. I love Gangster stories and movies like this, so how have I not seen this until now? The fuck is wrong with me?

Everyone is fucking brilliant. Holy shit, so much great acting across the board. With fantastic dialogue as well. Each frame is perfectly placed for the scene and every scene has a meaning towards forwarding the story and characters.

Fuck, I want to have sex with this movie's soundtrack. I…
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 15

100/100

Had to give the "new" Blu-ray (from a 4K scan!) a spin, and it's as impossibly gorgeous as can be, enriching the murky, glorified details and cranking all the exhilaration and eventual paranoia up to 11. Even though I've seen this around 20-30 times at this point, I still get dizzy from all the detail; an entire world built up and thriving through soda pop nostalgia and the eventual nervousness of violence. Scorsese's attuned style commits fully to every aspect of the production, but it is in the strange, banal moments where his genius fully shines. Although it may be glorification in terms of technique, Goodfellas never romanticizes its band of characters or its almost Herculean setting, instead exposing…
Review by Florin Stan ★★★★★ 6

"I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers." - Jimmy Two Times

"Paulie may have moved slow but it was only because Paulie didn't have to move for anybody." - Henry

"Now go home and get your fucking shine box." - Billy Batts

"Here's a wing!" - Tommy

"Why don't you go fuck yourself, Tommy!" - Spider

"Nice!" - Jimmy
"Fucking great, what nice?" - Tommy

"What did you say? Are you being a fucking wise guy with me? Ha? What did I tell you? What did I tell you? What did I tell you? You don't buy anything, you hear me? Don't buy anything!" - Jimmy

"The fuck you're looking at? Come on, make that coffee to go, let's go! The fuck you doing? It's a joke. A joke! Put the fucking pot down. Are you gonna take the coffee?" - Tommy

Wiseguys, the movie.
Review by SilentDawn ★★★★★ 15

An operatic descent into paranoia, a gorgeous soda-pop evocation of a seductive and vibrant world, a character study of despicable but human individuals, and a study of a changing criminal landscape; Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas is arguably his masterpiece, and It's a perfect example of Scorsese's exceptional style and his fascination with flawed people. With a never-ending rhythm of pop anthems that highlight, boost, and crank the infectious energy up to an almost obtainable level, this magnum opus grooves and flows like mercury that just ran out of a broken thermometer. Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci are three of the worst individuals that have been portrayed in the history of cinema, and yet, they're utterly breathtaking in their…
Review by DirkH ★★★ 37

I decided to give Scorcese's film another go and while I still appreciate the skill involved I just cannot get myself to like this film.

The problem is that in a film full of antagonists the audience always loses. This film doesn't make me care for a single character and that completely takes me out of it. It turns me from a spectator into a passerby.

The story arch is fine and it is told with Scorcese's usual skill. Most performances are excellent and engaging, but I just keep coming back to the fact that I need a protagonists I can root for in a story like this. Our supposed hero, the way he's written, is simply not a character…

Recent reviews

Review by partyclowns ★★★★

My only problem with this film was Ray Liotta’s laugh.

1) Half the time he laughed whatever being said wasn’t that funny
and
2) why . why does his mouth do that .
Review by Fox ★★★★★

Favorite movie of all time. Each shot feels so full of intent and drive and there isn't a single thing about this film I don't love.
Review by Charles-Olivier 3

Tout le film est dirigé comme Marty avait finalement pu réalisé le film qu’il avait toujours voulu faire. Le genre de film qui forcément te fait oublier que tu en regardes un. Chaque fois que j’essaie de prendre du recul, je me retrouve moins d’une minute après subjugué par tout ça.

Esti que c’est bon.
Review by mtb5 ★★★★★

A movie so incredibly good I feel it's an absolute must for me to watch at least every couple of years.
Review by Matthew ★★★★★

Alright I ordered the Blu-ray but it arrives in a week. And it was taken off Netflix. I'd like to thank certain websites for the opportunity of watching one of my favorite movies for the 5th time.

I got the soundtrack on my phone and a song from it is always in my rotation. This along with Big Lebowski are films I can mouth the dialogue as the film goes.
Review by Rodrigo Mendes ★★★★★

“Até onde eu consigo me lembrar eu sempre quis ser um gângster.” Com um diálogo desses logo de cara, eis um filme dos mais impressionantes do diretor MARTIN SCORSESE e provavelmente o meu filme predileto de toda a obra do cineasta mais badalado e querido em todo o mundo. Um épico do submundo do crime (faria novamente outra obra-prima semelhante com Cassino, Casino, 1995). É um baita retorno do cineasta com personagens durões, violentos, vigaristas e marginais que já estavam dando saudade desde que o diretor os lançou em 1973 – também através da Warner Brothers – com o excelente CAMINHOS PERIGOSOS (Mean Streets), praticamente a fita que o exibiu para o mundo, assim como o seu protegido e favorito ROBERT DE NIRO como grande astro. No entanto, em sua 6ª parceria com Scorsese, De Niro assume um papel coadjuvante e não menos importante como um ladrão friamente violento e que também almeja sua ascensão no crime.

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Review by Popcornography ★★★½

“As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster.”

Goodfellas is good…. Its not heart-stoppingly perfect as many would make out but it is good. Except for a few editing issues which are jarring at times and the slightly weaker final chapter, its a smoke filled, rags to riches film with some of the most memorable scenes in mafia movie history.
Review by Bianca Reimonenq ★★★★★

I’ve never been so intimidated by a zoom dolly shot in a diner before but Scorsese knows how to do it.
Review by lexa ★★★★½

every time i watch this i like it more and more!!