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www.movie-gurus.com - : Gangsters are all around us. Everyone knows it, not everyone wants to accept it. ''Goodfellas''--based on true events--exploits the life of gangsters, chronicling the events through the eyes of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), who gets involved with the mafia at a young age and continues his ''career'' throughout the film. more...
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www.cinema-scene.com - : GoodFellas does not stop in telling this because things are getting rough. In one ten minute gap of the film, nearly a dozen dead bodies are found (to the closing riff of Eric Clapton's ''Layla'' of all things), and they are some of the least gruesome deaths in the film. People are stabbed, shot, and bludgeoned to death in this film, and the aggressors, at least most of them, get their comeuppance. One of the aspects of the wiseguy life that Scorsese pushes is just how quickly things change. At one point in the film, a guy's execution teeters on how well he acts around people at a bar. Needless to say, he is met with some wire later that night. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : By the time a key witness comes forward and puts a stop to all the crime in ''GoodFellas,'' the relief is practically serene. It means no more horrifying murders, no more husbands cheating on their wives, no more double-crossings, no more red-eyed cocaine binges, and no more having to stir that tomato sauce. more...
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