Directors: Martin Scorsese

Mean Sreets is one of the first full-length films Scorsese ever directed, and it is an extraordinary start. Although it had a good script, I felt like it was a mess at some points. However, the top-notch cast and the directing by Scorsese is pretty much amazing. His Italian influence is very notorious in this film, and the portrayal of New York's Little Italy is very interesting. This is also one of the first films Robert De Niro starred in (giving a woncerful performance, by the way) and the first crime film in which De Niro and Scorsese worked together. Worth-watching for any Scorsese fan. It has a lot of talent and potential.

85/100

One of Scorsese's best. That's all I can say. Excellent.

95/100

Yes, Scorsese starts to show off with musical grandiloquence but who are we to entirely blame him? Cinema has always been a passion of his, and remember: he was just getting started. Enjoyable copy of a theater.

76/100

Review coming someday...



99/100

Review coming someday...

98/100

I'm pretty sure Scorsese had in mind the myth regarding remakes being worse than the original films. Even so, what can be the primary source of audacity if not to represent through his eyes a popular filmic tale? Well, it is far from the original's brilliance, but seeing De Niro as an expert villain compensates the most important mistakes.

60/100

An undeniably audacious and unusual Scorsese project that succeeded in basically every essential aspect. The Age of Innocence is a nostalgic retelling of the old and classic style of American filmmaking with a considerably soaring beauty and extraordinary performances. I'm so glad I gave this a chance.

83/100

Among the best Scorsese masterpieces. Goodfellas Redux? Perhaps, but is is not that inferior from the formentioned film. Robert de Niro is admirable (as always), and Scorsese leaves you stunned and hypnotized. A modern masterpiece. Sharon Stone finally does something good...

93/100

The film is ambitious, but not as spiritually redeeming as it should have been. The nature of a human being such as Dalai Lama is not represented in the most faithful way possible. It is the least Scorsese film, but it has a strong Eastern influence that did not live up to the gracious quality such a plot instantly demanded. A nice and somewhat thought-provoking experience, nonetheless. I have personally come to the conclusion that it is a very underrated film because it failed to satisfy the expectations of two type of audiences: the crime-Scorsese fans and followers of Eastern cinema. I am in between.

73/100

Intense and energic Scorsese tale. Unbelievable performances, and the same perfect plot development by the guy who we already know.

72/100

I agree with some of the comments that have been said about The Aviator: it won't take much time to stop being remembered among Scorsese's best films. He is still applying his characteristic signature in his direction style; the editing and photography have still some brief seconds of talent, but false elegance is not the best way of pretending talent. Fun film.

65/100

Scorsese is already one of the most overrated directors of crime filmmaking. This is nowhere near the brilliance of the original and masquerading such an obvious fact with a millionaire-budget cast is not the solution. It provides tons of fun and the unoriginal screenplay has some bright moments, but audiences should open their eyes once in a while and see a film with the proper analysis... The amazing times of Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976) are over.

74/100