Goodfellas (R, 1990)

Good for your kids to watch. Educational, and Barney comes too!

One of my all time favorites. Usually narration is just a weak attempt to make up for a poorly thought out story line, but this is definitely an exception. Two of the most memorable lines in film come from Ray Liotta's voice-over; in the opening scene and the final line. Once again Thelma Schoonmaker shows that she's better than any other living film editor.

GoodFellas is my favorite movie. GoodFellas is very violent, portrays every Italians as a mobster, im 100 percent Italian and im 13, i think 13 and above can watch this. Excellent movie. Expose your children to this kind of stuff early in life, they grow a nice thick skin on them. Great movie, sit down, Watch it with you or one more person, the more people that your with, the more distracting. Watch it at night. when your not tired. Enjoy, Prepare yourself for the best movie ever

It's an excellent mafia movie. It isnt very bad, there is a lot of profanity. It's pretty violent and there is also sex/drugs. However, a lot of kids can handle this type of material.

Goodfellas is definitely among the greatest movies ever made. Everything about it is pure poetry. Absolutely a masterpiece, is not to be missed... by adults. I'm not going to absolutely forbid this for older teens, because I saw it and it didn't bother me too much, but I am going to say that the R rating means business here. Violence is at the forefront of the film. The first thing you see is three gangsters opening up a car trunk with a struggling victim inside then brutally stabbing and shooting him to death, and from there it only stays violent. Numerous beatings, shootings, and all their disturbing aftermaths are shown prominently on camera. The sex isn't quite as bad as the violence, but it is still there. There are a few close-ups of a married couple initiating foreplay, as well as an implied offscreen fellatio (the camera changes scenes as the woman goes down and unzips the man's fly) between that same couple. Adultery is considered a part of the mob lifestyle and there are a few uses of sexually charged phrases such as "bang this broad." The language is extraordinarily foul, even though it is accurate. Easily over 100 uses of f--k and all its variants (Joe Pesci's character, Tommy, has an especially foul mouth). Numerous uses of other, more minor swear words like s--t, d-mn, g-dd-mn, hell, d--k, pr-ck, and a few others. Drugs are all over the half of the movie. Massive piles and bags of cocaine are displayed. Henry and one of his girlfriends both snort cocaine as well... a lot. As far as messages go, they couldn't be worse. The mob life is glorified throughout the entire movie, and, needless to say, this life involves bribery, extortion, murder, theft, assault, usury, adultery, and numerous other unsavory things. The role models, needless to say, are some of the worst I've seen in any movie. Tommy is an out of his mind, hot headed, brutal murderer. At one point in the movie, he shoots someone brutally and suddenly after the victim tells Tommy to go f--k himself. Jimmy, by contrast, is just a cold blooded killer. He murders and tortures with a cold detachment that will send chills down your spine. Henry, while not as brutal as Tommy or Jimmy, is no role model, himself. He is also a murderer as well as a drug dealer/abuser. Henry also hits his wife occasionally. Overall, this movie is morally reprehensible and not okay for children. However, adults and older teens should not miss out on this. Goodfellas is everything a movie should be.

Excellent movie with great acting from Robert Deniro

Good mafia style movie. My rating: Some brutal violence, pervasive language, brief sexual content, and drug use.

I can't even start to describe how powerful this movie is. This is one of the best movies in cinema history and is my favorite movie that I have or will ever see. This is a perfect portrait of the exteremly violent lifestyle that this movie so accruratley shows. The acting is amazing and the story makes you feel like you are right there with Ray Liotta and his fellow mobsters. Joe Pesci is star of this film. He brings to life his role and I could not help but crack up hearing his lines and dropping several F- bombs in his signature voice. I think this movie is epic in every way. The message is strong and amazing. It shows a young Ray Liotta as he enjoys being a mobster and loves the life of freedom. In the middle he becomes a drug addict and then he goes into the FBI protection program. What you can get from this is that crime does not pay. This is very violent, several stabbings, shootings and beatings. Language is non-stop and drug use is explicit. 5 out of 5, a masterpiece. Cheers, moviebuff28

really common sense media they even show us that movie in history and that was in grade 8!!!