Goodfellas Critic Reviews

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USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D]Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather."Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

Ferocious brutality is presented without commentary or judgment, yet with unmistakable moral understanding and vision. [21 September 1990, Daily Notebook p.E-1]Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Sheila BensonAdd Critic to Favorites

GoodFellas is "Raging Bull" squared. [20 September 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

With patience, care, and strict attention to detail, Scorsese has staked out an impregnable position in the history of motion pictures.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Jeremy BedayAdd Critic to Favorites

Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy."Read the full review

Variety | Staff (Not credited)Add Critic to Favorites

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 the full review

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