Review of Mean Streets (1973) by Nev Pierce for BBC.com — 25 Jan 2005
The Godfather made the mob glamorous. Mean Streets made it real. Martin Scorsese's ferocious, grimy 1973 classic is just as good as Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, but it shows us criminal life lower down the food chain.
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This review of Mean Streets (1973) was written by Nev Pierce and published by BBC.com on 25 Jan 2005.
Mean Streets has generally received very positive reviews.
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