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Casino
1995 179 min France, United States of America R 18+
★8.3
Crime, Drama
Director: Martin Scorsese
📖 Based on the novel
«Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas»
byNicholas Pileggi
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Description
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Budget:
$50M
US Gross:
$42.51M
Worldwide:
$116.11M
Starring
Robert De Niro
Actor
Sharon Stone
Actor
Joe Pesci
Actor
Awards
Golden Globe 1996
— Best Actress (Drama)
MTV Movie & TV Awards 1996
— Best Villain
Golden Globe 1996
— Best Director
MTV Movie & TV Awards 1996
— Best Actress
Golden Globe 1996
— Best Actress (Drama)
Key opinion
Casino is widely regarded as a masterful, visually stylish epic that captures the rise and fall of the mob-run Las Vegas era. While critics largely praise the film's ambitious storytelling and performances, some viewers find its three-hour runtime and dense narrative structure to be either engrossing or bloated.
| Acting | Robert De Niro delivers a nuanced and masterful performance as the analytical, principled, yet ultimately tragic Sam 'Ace' Rothstein. | |
| Direction | Scorsese’s direction provides an epic, visually immersive fresco of 1970s Las Vegas that effectively critiques the corruption of the American Dream. | |
| Cinematography | The film’s cinematography successfully captures the excess, glamour, and naturalistic violence of the era with striking precision. | |
| Pacing | Three-hour runtime and dense, multi-threaded storytelling leave some viewers fully engrossed in the tragedy, while others find the narrative pacing disjointed and overstuffed. | |
| Acting | Opinions on the supporting cast are polarized; while Joe Pesci’s volatile intensity and Sharon Stone’s portrayal of a turbulent socialite are highly lauded by many, some critics consider these specific roles to be among the performers' weaker efforts. | |
| Screenplay | The reliance on constant voice-over narration divides opinion, with some seeing it as a vital stylistic choice and others criticizing it for making the film feel like a radio play rather than cinema. |