Mean Streets (1973)
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Reviews Counted: 43 Fresh: 42 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins
Synopsis: Martin Scorsese's electrifying drama tells the story of Charlie (Harvey Keitel), a charming 27-year-old who is supported by his devoutly Catholic mother. He spends his days wandering the streets of New York City and nights hanging out drinking with his good friend Johnny Boy (the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard Romanus
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The movie's blazing energy is still astounding; the vérité street-scenes are terrific and Scorsese's pioneering use of popular music is genuinely thrilling.
03/31/08
A tight, intense masterpiece from Scorsese, writing collaborator Mardik Martin and the iconic stars.
03/31/08
The acting and editing have such an original, tumultuous force that the picture is completely gripping.
03/31/08
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Scorsese is exceptionally good at guiding his largely unknown cast to near-flawless recreations of types. Outstanding in this regard is De Niro.
03/31/08
Top Critic
Emphasizing charcaterization over plot, and exploring male camaraderie and street violence in a humorous, spontaneous, and nonjudgmental way, Scorsese's Mean Streets (his third feature) is arguably the most influential film of the 1970s.
02/21/08
showcases Scorsese's artistic strengths and weaknesses as they stood at the outset of his career
08/27/06
A modern masterpiece where the setting is the star, even among a cast that is highlighted by Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.
08/08/06
The film feels authentic, the characters are true, the situation hopeless
06/09/06
This film showed the world that a major talent had arrived on the scene.
01/25/06
Terrific. Top shelf talent at the top of their game, working immediately before they would change Hollywood.
11/03/05
Perfected here are Scorsese's patented slow-motion cutaways, combination pan/tracking shots, musical tangents, and impromptu bloodbaths
02/14/05
The Godfather made the mob glamorous. Mean Streets made it real. Martin Scorsese's ferocious, grimy 1973 classic is just as good as Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, but it shows us criminal life lower down the food chain.
01/25/05
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