Casino (1995)

WARNING: If you, as an audience member, are not really into profanity, drug use, violence or anything that is brutal, this film isn't for you.

Rated R for strong brutal violence, pervasive strong language, drug use and some sexuality

Runtime: 2 hours 58 minutes

Genre: Crime and Drama

Director: Martin Scorcese

Screenplay: Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese

Cinematography: Robert Richardson

Actors: Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak, James Woods, Frank Vincent and L. Q. Jones

Budget: $52,000,000

Box Office: $116,112,375

Feedback: The film is perfect! The whole story is very crazy but straightforward, the characters/casting were amazing, the acting has terrific quality, the pacing is on schedule, the locations are real, the cinematography is fantastic, and the dialogue is memorable. The voice-over is helpful throughout the whole film. The audio effects and sound design are impressive. The background/props/costumes are on the right timeline. The colors are beautiful. The audio/video editing is awesome. The camera shots look huge and brilliant, they are telling the story. I'm seeing neat pans, tracking, focus, and movement.

Since this film has a lot of crime and drama, I found most of these scenes to be funny when they had most of the swearing throughout the whole film, especially Nicky's f-bombs. It also includes the feet on the table and the desert to be funny. Some scenes with conflict between Sam and Ginger's relationship at home and in public were a bit intense. I can understand that Ginger wants money for her own independent life, and she keeps asking Sam for money. I also find the relationship between Sam and Nickey to be rational, but they don't like each other because they have different sides, even though they do respect each other. Ginger is the craziest secondary antagonist since the drugs are affecting her. The gangster violence and torture scenes were very brutal. It does have blood and a tiny bit of gore. The overall message is Casinos are not safe for everyone, especially for gangster businesses.

Casino is a very successful crime film to the non-fiction crime book, Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas. It might not have any flaws, but I would say that the audience may not enjoy it because of the genre and brutality. Overall, I enjoyed it big time and could watch this a million times again.

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (10)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

Soundtrack/Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

Camera/Cinematography 0 1 2 3 4 5 (5)

50/50 10/10