Critics Scoreboard
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Average Critic Score:
89
(18 sources)
89
(18 sources)
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Chicago Sun-Times
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime - not even "The Godfather." Read Full Review » -
100
Chicago Tribune
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] Read Full Review » -
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San Francisco Chronicle
Ferocious brutality is presented without commentary or judgment, yet with unmistakable moral understanding and vision. [21 September 1990, Daily Notebook p.E-1] Read Full Review » -
100
USA Today
Great cinema - and also a whopping good time. [19 September 1990, Life, p.1D] Read Full Review » -
100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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. Read Full Review » -
100
ReelViews
With patience, care, and strict attention to detail, Scorsese has staked out an impregnable position in the history of motion pictures. Read Full Review » -
100
Time
So it is Scorsese's triumph that GoodFellas offers the fastest, sharpest 2 1/2-hr. ride in recent film history. [Sept 24, 1990] Read Full Review » -
100
Los Angeles Times
GoodFellas is "Raging Bull" squared. [20 September 1990, Calendar, p.F-1] Read Full Review » -
90
Washington Post
One of Martin Scorsese's most brutal but stunning movies, an incredible, relentless experience about the singleminded pursuit of crime. Read Full Review » -
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Rolling Stone
Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling "Wiseguy." Read Full Review » -
80
Chicago Reader
Stylistically, it's a remarkable effort -- with a continuous sense of gliding motion -- and the film is entertaining and gripping throughout. Read Full Review » -
80
TV Guide
Scorsese's rich tapestry is both broader in scope and more detailed than a mere recounting of the events in the trio's life of crime. Read Full Review » -
70
The New Yorker
Is it a great movie? I don't think so. But it's a triumphant piece of filmmaking -- journalism presented with the brio of drama. [24 Sept 1990] Read Full Review » -
70
Variety
Simultaneously fascinating and repellent, Goodfellas is Martin Scorsese's colorful but dramatically unsatisfying inside look at Mafia life in 1955-1980 New York City. Read Full Review » -
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The New Republic
Scorsese's style, fierce as it is, doesn't accomplish what he clearly expected of it. Often, in many arts, fresh treatment can redeem familiar subjects, but it doesn't happen here. [Oct 22, 1990] Read Full Review »
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