Three hours of DeNiro and Pesci telling me a story. Overall it isn't a bad movie, and Pesciputs on quite a show and deserves some props as his character goes out of control throughout the movie. The problem for me is that this is way too long. I mean they could have cut out some of the beginning stuff and just started it in Vegas in my opinion, and I don't think anything would have been lost. My date fell asleep, woke up and fell asleep again (and the movie still had not ended).

Despite visually arresting and packed with great perfomances all around, this Scorsese's Vegas is not as passionate as his New York, yet we can notice here some fine references with Goodfellas. You just have the feeling that those guys in that film finally had their chance, but didn't know what to do with it. And that's clear in Joe Pesci's Nicky and less evident in De Niro's Rothstein.

All the makings of a great (if self-indulgent) film, I guess, but I couldn't give a fuck about any of these people.

Mistakes - 1) When Sharon Stone gets thrown out of Joe Pesci's club, you can see the pads on Stone's hand's to break the impact of the fall. 2) When Robert De Niro goes to meet Joe Pesci in the desert, the whole crew is reflected on the side of the car. 3) When Robert De Niro is at the restaurant with Sharon Stone and catches her with James Woods, the menu under his hands goes from being horizontal to vertical.

One of the best mafia movies.

86.500

Though I refer to is as "GoodFellas, but three hours long and in a Casino" it is not just a retread of Goodfellas. I still find it inferior though. Sharon Stone's hysterics for the last hour or so start to get very repetitive and tedious, its style feels more rough around the edges (even garish at points) than Goodfellas and despite all the snap Scorsese puts in to the film it ultimately ends up feeling a bit flabby. Still an enjoyable, stylishly put together ride but far from great.

Some of it's excellent, some just adequate. The Saul Bass credits are a particular highlight, and Joe Pesci's performance is fun. I did think it was very epic and engaging, but little things - such as the wearyingly overpowering dual narration - dragged it down a little.

pesci recycled his role from goodfellas but this movie is underrated