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Reviews Counted:46
Fresh:38
Rotten:8
Average Rating:7.4/10
Synopsis: Martin Scorsese, one of America's most influential filmmakers, returns to the world of mobsters, greed, and excess that he explored so compellingly in 1990's GOODFELLAS. Set in the 1970s and... [More]
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, James Woods
Director: Martin Scorsese
To understand that Scorsese suffers for his art, it isn't important to know that he's been married four times, or that he considered joining the Catholic priesthood before choosing the equally masochistic experience of NYU.
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People talk and talk about how Vegas works, and Scorsese's camera sprints to keep up. He's like an energetic tour guide making sure we understand everything.
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Production values are brilliant, and as the drug-addict-hooker Sharon Stone gives her best performance, but thematically, Scorsese rehashes grounds that he had explored deeper in previous films (GoodFellas) and his approach here is too cold and remote.
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Top CriticScorsese may be flailing here, but Scorsese flailing is more formidable than most directors at the top of their form.
Top CriticCasino reminds you in too many ways of the brilliance of GoodFellas, and in a way that dooms Casino to remain in its shadow.
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Top CriticMartin Scorsese's Casino is an absolutely brilliant film that's an enthralling equal to his masterful GoodFellas. Demands to be seen at least twice.
Garish, rhythmic and intoxicating.
Scorsese and Pileggi might be traveling over similar ground here, but they do it so well and so entertainingly, I doubt that any of their fans will really mind.
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Scorsese leaves his indelible signature on every frame.
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Vivid, fully cinematic, and impossible to look away from.
November 15, 2005:
De Niro Might Just Rejoin the Mafia
Variety reports on a project that might bring master actor Robert De Niro back to the genre that made him famous: the mafia-type one. Paramount snagged the rights to an... More...
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