Casino
Directed by:
Martin ScorseseCinematography:
Robert RichardsonCast:
Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan King, Kevin Pollak, L.Q. Jones, Dick Smothers, Frank Vincent, John Bloom, Pasquale Cajano (more)VOD (3)
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Set in the 1970s and reveling in the minute details of how Las Vegas casinos operate, the film chronicles the rise and fall of casino manager Ace Rothstein (Robert De Niro). As the king of his domain, Ace efficiently runs the business and regularly sends lots of cold cash to his bosses. Helping him keep the casino's employees and customers honest is his best friend, Nicky (Joe Pesci), a violent sociopath. Although Ace aims to run a relatively respectable casino, the volatile Nicky wants to take over the entire gambling mecca, and when Ginger McKenna (Sharon Stone), a seasoned Vegas hustler, enters the picture, Ace and Nicky's friendship is complicated even further. As drugs and alcohol become a bigger part of Ginger's life, all three are eventually brought down by their own greed and blind ambition. (official distributor synopsis)
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I really enjoyed this movie: its narrative style, interesting personalities, and story. Even though it's so long, I never once felt bored. And right from the beginning I was rooting for De Niro and no one else; I wasn't indifferent to his fate... I went through it with him as if with a friend :-)
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Usually there’s just one narrator to take us through a story, he’s our bell hop, maid and waiter and we like him and root for him. But what if there are two narrators, interrupting each other? Other precise crime movie from Marty that surprises us where we thought that was impossible. Bobby De Niro is perfect as always, Joe Pesci is a runt who I would be scared to look sideways at and Sharon Stone does credit to her name (she’s wasted for most of the movie).
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I put this film off for a long time, and in the end it wasn't bad at all, but three hours for a conversational mafia drama is just too much. The setting of the Casino was perfect, but only the first half of the film takes place there, the second half deals more with Robert De Niro and Sharon Stone's relationship and I didn't find that very attractive. But I'll give it a weaker four stars, because it's a wonder I didn't get bored. 70%
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The best Scorsese. An orgy for cinephiles, a film without a single stumble or redundant detail. An engrossing introduction, a brilliant soundtrack, smooth transitions between the titular story and secondary events through the narrator, the beautiful bitch Stone, the charismatic De Niro and a devilish Joe Pesci. I can easily imagine that this is how things work in Vegas, I believed every punch and dialogue; I enjoyed myself a lot. 95%
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Scorsese is a great storyteller who can easily hold the viewer's attention for a full three hours. The film stands on an interesting, novel plot and the actors. While De Niro is typically good, Joe Pesci is phenomenal, his character is the embodiment of evil; although small in stature, he exudes imperiousness, bluntness, cruelty, and inspires respect. But who really shines is Sharon Stone, she deserved an Oscar for her challenging role (the academics were asleep again). She is the main star of the film.
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