What’s the Story?

From the mid-1950s as a young teen, to the 1980s as a broken, recovering drug addict in fear for his life, the real-life Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) was a member of the Mob. In Henry's words, "I belonged," and that to him meant everything. In lockstep with the icy, controlled violence of Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and the unbalanced savagery of Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), Henry traveled in style, breaking laws, abusing those he loved, untouched by corrupt cops and revered by fawning hangers-on. Only when Henry's mistakes, fueled by drug addiction and paranoia, led to certain awareness that his days in organized crime were numbered did Henry turn himself in to the FBI, rat on his friends, and talk his way into the witness protection program.

Is It Any Good?

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.

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Cast & Film Details

Studio

Warner Bros.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

• Robert De Niro
• Ray Liotta
• Joe Pesci

Genre

Drama

Run time

146 minutes

Theatrical release

9/19/1990

DVD release

3/26/1997

MPAA rating

R

MPAA explanation

for thematic material, violence, and sexual content

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