On one side it is your average gangster movie. Love those or hate it it's up to you. Personally I am not a fan of them. But still, I respect that they made one at all, these are rare nowadays. The cast is great, Joe Pesci was amazing. This movie also involves a friendship between characters, which is great, most relationships in gangster movies are business based. It's really long and wasn't boring at all, but it wasn't anything special eihter.