This was a film that essentially included two completely separate story lines. The first two-thirds of the film focused completely on what was happening at the casino that Robert De Niro’s Sam “Ace” Rothstein owned. The last third of the film focused entirely on Rothstein’s wife and his personal life. It was a tremendous transition in the story line and while it may be difficult, as an actor, to change at the snap of a finger, each of the actors did a fantastic job of switching their tones. What was most interesting about the film was that it appeared to be more narration than dialogue. I thought this added an incredible dimension to the film and made the film very enjoyable overall. This is so because of the fact that there were a plethora of things that would have been terribly difficult to understand had they not explained. Between the story, the acting and everything Martin Scorsese put into this film made this more than I had expected. I was very impressed with everything involving this film and even though it was three hours long, with the pacing of the film and the use of narration, I was able to remain focused the entire time (which is a testament to the film as a whole). https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0112641/
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