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Goodfellas

What’s Aged the Best?

Goodfellas The Rewatchables

The young Henry performance, freeze frames, Sopranos connections, narration, comedy, color, wigs, music, food, the unseen Lufthansa heist, and Henry and Karen’s fights lead a dense aged-best field.

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  • The young Henry performer is praised.
  • The freeze-frame device remains effective.
  • Tommy asking Henry to go on the double date is praised.
  • The extensive Sopranos casting connections reward later viewings.
  • The narration is praised despite one host’s general dislike of narration.
  • The corpse-excavation joke remains startling.
  • Alec Baldwin’s De Niro impression gives the film added comic afterlife.
  • The wedding’s repeated Italian names are praised.
  • The pistol-whipping sequence remains forceful.
  • Its bright-green suburban palette is contrasted with the film’s usual red, blue, and black.
  • The high ratio of conspicuous wigs is praised as character detail.
  • The soundtrack is praised.
  • The movie’s food scenes make the panel hungry.
  • The prison visit and children’s eagerness to see Uncle Paulie are singled out as a darkly funny family detail.
  • Not showing the Lufthansa heist is praised as a budget-saving and story-centering choice.
  • Henry and Karen’s fights are praised for their raw intimacy and continuing attraction.
  • The music is praised as a seamless 25-year snapshot of American popular music.