Scorsese Classic

Snarling, bitter, painfully funny, it’s a revelatory performance. Nicholson too is great, although less would have been more on several occasions.

Never mind. This is as good as you’ll get this year, a complex, enthralling and just plain bloody brilliant movie.

DVD extras: additional scenes, with introduction by Martin Scorsese; full length profile ‘Scorsese on Scorsese’; The Story of the Boston Mob – feature on the real-life gangster behind Jack Nicholson’s character; Crossing Criminal Cultures feature on Little Italy’s crime and violence and the influence they’ve had on Scorsese’s work.