A deliriously ambitious film by the Italian master Sergio Leone, starring the very brilliant Robert De Niro. The story spans decades and it takes its sweet time along the way - many have complained about the slow pacing of the movie, but I don't think it could have succeeded any other way. It hasn't aged a day in 25 years.

Four hours long and still shorter then Leone wanted. There are few parts that seem incomplete (the frisbee scene, Eve's character) but if you've got the attention span this film is a masterpiece.

Perhaps expectation ruined this film for me. I often heard it matched the "Godfather", and some even say it's superior. I was expecting to be blown away, to not notice it's hefty length, to be kept guessing and to be stunned by it's cast. I was stunned by De Niro and Woods, to be fair. I was left disappointed by the rest of the film. It is unnecessarily long, its plot is bland and predictable, and I was left with a feeling of utter indifference to every character. Unfortunately rather average.

not nearly as good as once upon a time in the west in my opinion, still a classic tho and well worth owning

So many emotions are brought out by the power of this movie!

amazing score, beautiful looking, open ended ending. love it

An ambitious (in some ways over-ambitious) work, Leone's epic gets better on every viewing. What initially appears to be terrible flaws are either forgiven or turn out to somehow work after all. The worst exception is McGovern, odd one out in a great cast. Most of the scenes taking place in 1923 are perfection, and E.M.'s score is one of my favorites of all time. The narrative is brilliantly constructed, with us navigating Noodles' past, ending up sharing his memories and regrets. A masterpiece.