Robert DeNiro plays a gambling wizard who runs a major palace on the strip and is undone by a world-class hooker (Sharon Stone) and a mob enforcer (Joe Pesci) who is a childhood pal. Based on reporting by Nicholas Pileggi, “Casino” tells of the mob’s last hurrah in running Vegas. While “Casino” definitely works as a documentary of Las Vegas’ casino operation and its scamming, the human stories are pretty much empty. He didn’t pull any punches in the print version either.Ī sometime-dazzling, often-disappointing film from the great Martin Scorsese, who too often seems like he’s replaying his greatest hits with this picture, and not to the best effect. You’ve already seen why Siskel didn’t like this movie.

Joe Pesci meets a violent death? Check.

Soundtrack that will ruin songs for you forever? Check.A car gets blown up in the opening fifteen minutes of the movie? Check.A love triangle ( real or imagined) between DeNiro, Pesci and a sultry blonde? Check.“Casino” was the third Scorsese movie starring Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci, and it employs many things we’ve already seen from at least one of the other two ( Raging Bull and GoodFellas) The greatest joke in the history of Spade’s “Hollywood Minute” bit on Saturday Night Live was two words. Now that you know the opinions of the honorees of this blog-a-thon, let me share with you why I would rather have a root canal with no anesthetic than sit through this movie again. this event is being hosted by by 18 Cinema Lane. NOTE: This installment of Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate is being done as part of something called The Siskel and Ebert at the Blog-A-Thon, which is all about discussions of Siskel and Ebert themselves, movies that Siskel and/or Ebert have reviewed, or their show itself. This movie is not on my list of essential films. Stars: Robert Deniro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci.

Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate: Episode 5 – “Casino”

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