I am a sucker for boys just hanging out and this is essentially that, except the boys are small-time criminals in Little Italy who are racist and homophobic and sexist and completely compelling anyway. Scorsese's crime sensibility gives it a particular sauce and the dialogue is witty.
De Niro's Johnny Boy is a force of nature. charismatic, reckless, impossible to look away from. you can tell from this film alone that both he and Scorsese are going to be something,…
I am a sucker for boys just hanging out and this is essentially that, except the boys are small-time criminals in Little Italy who are racist and homophobic and sexist and completely compelling anyway. Scorsese's crime sensibility gives it a particular sauce and the dialogue is witty.
De Niro's Johnny Boy is a force of nature. charismatic, reckless, impossible to look away from. you can tell from this film alone that both he and Scorsese are going to be something,…
