Goodfellas

“Pesci’s Oscar for Goodfellas – as best supporting actor, naturally – was both a worthy recognition and a prelude to a pigeonholing, as Oscars so often are.”

“As Tommy DeVito, Pesci plays volatile sideman to the more controlled burn of his frequent on-screen partner Robert De Niro, as well as the film’s younger narrator, Henry Hill (Ray Liotta).”

“Gangsters claimed the No. 1 spot at the box office during a sleepy moviegoing weekend.”

“The critically admired “GoodFellas,” from Warner Bros. and director Martin Scorsese, had opening weekend ticket sales of $6.4 million on 1,070 screens, for a per-screen average of $5,981.”

“Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas” won five awards, including those for best picture and best director, at Saturday’s year-end voting by the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn.”

“The mob drama, adapted from Nicholas Pileggi’s nonfiction bestseller about career New York hoods, also won supporting actor awards for Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco.”

“The violent yet highly praised Martin Scorsese film “GoodFellas” collected prizes for best picture of 1990 and best director from the National Society of Film Critics in voting on Sunday in New York.”

“The wins give the gangland drama and Scorsese a clean sweep of the three major critics organizations’ year-end balloting.”

“Scorsese’s 1990 masterpiece zips along with relish, and his acting A-team – De Niro, Pesci, Liotta – are on top form as this brilliant comic nightmare unfolds”

“Goodfellas barrels along with unstoppable storytelling relish, its jukebox slams of pop music repeatedly convulsing the movie with sugar-rush excitement amounting almost to hysteria”