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Casino

1995

Martin Scorsese

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods ...

8.1

79,015

Thriller. Drama "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), plays by the Vegas rules, while Nicky (Joe Pesci) and Ginger (Sharon Stone) lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. This drama chronicles their rise to power in the gambling empire.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Fascinating (...) Like 'The Godfather', it makes us feel like eavesdroppers in a secret place (...) Scorsese's 'Casino' is as concerned with history as with plot and character (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Of all the bravura visual effects in Martin Scorsese's dazzlingly stylish 'Casino', it's a glimpse of ordinary people that delivers the greatest jolt."	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Scorsese tries to weave visual poetry out of warped ambitions (...) It is, however, just as unmistakably the work of a virtuoso — bold, brutally funny and ferociously alive."	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"In fascinating detail and with dazzling finesse, 'Casino' lays out how the mob controlled and ultimately lost Las Vegas (...) An extraordinary piece of filmmaking, the picture is rough and unflinching"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip Thomas Empire	"It may not be Scorsese's greatest work, but this guy feeling a little off-colour is still far, far better than most people on fighting-fit form. It only gets more impressive as times goes on (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Martin Scorsese is a master filmmaker (...) Despite his dazzling ability, Scorsese is finding it increasingly difficult to make his personal obsessions accessible to an audience."	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Technically impressive. There's even something inherently fascinating about the subject (...) What's wrong is the approach: virtuosity seems almost to have become an end in itself (...) A dull Scorsese movie."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"To a degree, the strategy works; it creates an almost surgical slice of backroom intrigue. Yet the discursive, this-happened-and-this-happened-and-then-this approach that Scorsese employs has a serious drawback."	NEU
United Kingdom	Desson Thomson Radio Times	"A hugely underrated and shocking tale of power (...) 'Casino' goes for absorbing realism, intriguing subplots and expertly drawn characters (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"There's an interesting expositional side to the film, with De Niro and Joe Pesci's characters both serving as interactive narrators, but the film never becomes very involving as drama"	NEU

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