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100
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Los Angeles Times Sheila Benson
GoodFellas is "Raging Bull" squared. [20 September 1990, Calendar, p.F-1]
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100
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather."
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100
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Ferocious brutality is presented without commentary or judgment, yet with unmistakable moral understanding and vision. [21 September 1990, Daily Notebook p.E-1]
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100
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USA Today Mike Clark
Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D]
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100
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Chicago Tribune Gene Siskel
All of the performances are first-rate; Pesci stands out, though, with his seemingly unscripted manner. GoodFellas is easily one of the year's best films. [21 September 1990, Friday, p.C]
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100
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Stunningly acted. [21 September 1990, The Arts, p.12]
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100
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
With patience, care, and strict attention to detail, Scorsese has staked out an impregnable position in the history of motion pictures.
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100
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
No so-called serious gangster film has ever been more fun, or less dangerous, or more intrinsically feminist, than GoodFellas. Even "I Married the Mob" was scarier.
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90
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime.
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80
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Rolling Stone
Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy."
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