Movie #8: Goodfellas

Movie #: 8
Movie Title: Goodfellas
Year Released: 1990

Director: Martin Scorsese
Notable Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino

Short Description: Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #92
IMDB.com: #15
Ranker.com: #5
Lifed.com: #9
Empire.com: #6
FilmCrave.com: #11
FlickChart.com: #11



Date Watched: 12/13/2016

Grade: 4 out of 5 (Excellent)

Rationale: It's nice that the only "big concern" I had with Goodfellas was that Joe Pesci's character is too similar to his role in other mob/gangster movies, and by "big concern" I mean it's not really a problem because the role suits him well. Other than that, Goodfellas was written in a way that the story never tires or bores. I enjoyed the narration throughout by Ray Liotta's character Henry Hill and was pleasantly surprised by the occasional use of two narrators once they introduced Karen, Henry's future wife, played by Lorraine Bracco. Ok, maybe I wasn't a fan of the ending as well since I was expecting something very different regarding the fate of Liotta's character, but that's what you get with a movie based on a true story and important facts that can't be changed.