Review of GoodFellas (1990) by Thegodfatherson — 12 Nov 2013

Martin Scorsese's classic tale of mob life in New York City is a stunning, vivid look at the ugliness and depravity of a subculture that has been glamorized, sanitized, and romanticized in countless other films.

This is the real deal. Nothing prepares an audience for the raw amorality and insanity of this crew. No movie has better shown how the "goodfellas" create a community wholly isolated from the rest of society by its own warped values and staggeringly amoral code.

In scene after scene, Scorsese and his team bring this magnetic evil to life.