Wednesday, 26 March 1997 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Goodfellas
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studio:
Warner Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
release year:
1990
film rating:
Five Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
Unless something unexpected drops out of the sky between now and Dec.
31, ‘GoodFellas’ will rule forever as the single best film about
organized crime to come out of the ‘90s. Indeed, it is one of the best
films ever on the subject, making us feel as though we’ve lived through
the outrageous events along with the characters. Director Martin
Scorsese has explored the themes and characters of ‘GoodFellas’ before
and since, but never with such immediacy. He manages to make these
people thoroughly understandable without romanticizing them; we get why
they are who they are without wanting to be them. It’s a tougher
dynamic than it may sound, but Scorsese makes it work so that it hangs
in the memory in a manner normally reserved for our ...
Wednesday, 26 March 1997 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
|
title:
Get Shorty
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studio:
MGM/UA Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito
release year:
1995
film rating:
Three and a half stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
Contrary to semi-popular belief, Get Shorty' isn't all that similar to
'Pulp Fiction.' Yes, both movies star John Travolta as a criminal
operating in Los Angeles and both have intricate plotlines, but 'Get
Shorty' is much the sunnier and sillier of the two. Of all the recent
adaptations of Elmore Leonard novels (i.e. 'Jackie Brown,' 'Out of
Sight'), this is the one that least resembles a Quentin Tarantino flick.
