GOODFELLAS (1990) Movie Reaction! | Ray Liotta | Robert De Niro | Joe Pesci | Martin Scorsese

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Joe Pesci was phenomenal in this movie. From laughing to homicidal to laughing in heartbeats. RIP Ray Liotta. An absolute masterful performance

[@NS1.]

The real Tommy (whose name was Tommy DeSimone, not Devito) was actually more brutal than the way he was portrayed. Same with Robert DeNiro's character Jimmy.

[@AngelRivera-de1lq]

​@NS1. And Paul varrio. Dude slept with Karen

[@neneshubby]

Paulie’s slap to Henry Hill’s face while warning him against drug dealing was improvised by Paul Sorvino. Ray Liotta’s surprised reaction is quite authentic.

[@BudhagRizzo]

Jimmy Conway died in '96. Henry Hill died in '12. Henry's wife Karen is still alive and lives under an alias, as do their 2 children.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

Jimmy Burke

[@wakkowarner3716]

@@ericsierra-franco7802 Yep

[@brucef310]

Not really an alias. She goes by Karen Tanatti and lives in Chandler Arizona.

[@farhanahmad6316]

Thanks for that. Now if thr are any psychos still out thr, they can get her.

[@RTW1738]

@@farhanahmad6316 Bro everyone in this time is either long dead or imprisoned nobody gives a fuck about her at this point lol

[@trevorsmith9162]

Fun Fact Jimmy Conway's real name was James Burke, also known as "Jimmy the Gent", Died: April 13, 1996 at age 64, in Buffalo, NY. R.I.P Raymond Allen Liotta 12/18/54 - 5/26/22

[@martin1234512345]

Best opening line of any movie ever. Gives me chills every time.

[@SamCreedT1000]

For several years Henry while still in Witness Protection was a frequent caller to the Howard Stern show. Telling Howard about his experiences as a Goodfella. You can still find some of them on KZbin. Great reaction ladies. ❤

[@jaydarling1492]

Henry was actually on the show several times. He was always drunk. Several arguments with on the phone with Pauly and the sister of the kid that got shot by them when they were playing cards.

[@Kickinthescience]

The 90s started off with Goodfellas and ended with The Matrix. What decade can top that?

[@telemperor]

The 80's had everything and more

[@Kickinthescience]

@@telemperor 90s had better animated movies

[@winstonpeanutbutter]

90s and early 2000s produced so many good films, in addition to shows.

[@vahaneloyan]

The 70s were the best.

[@hellofaname]

The 2000s began with Gladiator and Castaway and ended with Avatar and Inglorious Bastards.

[@Curraghmore]

Henry and Karen's daughters when they were little were Lorraine Bracco's real daughters. One of them is Stella Keitel, daughter of Harvey Keitel.

[@hrussell9677]

Edward A. McDonald played the FBI agent helping the Hills get into the Witness Protection Program. He was the real FBI agent who handled the Henry Hill case and Scorsese hired him to play the role in the movie. Scorsese also cast his own mother to play the role of Tommy’s mother in the film.

[@thesuckerisyou]

McDonald was the head of the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn, not an FBI Agent.

[@hrussell9677]

@@thesuckerisyou Thanks for the clarification.

[@williamlandolfi7858]

Martin Scorcese also cast his father, Charles Scorcese, in "Goodfellas." Charles Scorcese played the prisoner who "put too many onions in the sauce." He also played the old-timer who helped whack Tommy (Joe Pesci).

[@thesuckerisyou]

@@williamlandolfi7858 And THAT'S that.

[@willwell4450]

It's Lorraine Braco's daughter who plays Henry and Karen's daughter in the movie

[@IsiahBradley]

You guys are *killing* me with my favorite movies!!!! THANKS for this!!!!!

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the best, if not, the Greatest Gangster Flick ever made! Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Supporting Actor Joe Pesci. The other 7 went to Dances With Wolves

[@AlbertaGeek]

It's "trendy" to dump on _Dances With Wolves_ nowadays, but it really is a fantastic movie. I was quite the cinephile back then and definitely thought some of those categories should have gone to _Goodfellas,_ but what can you do? Nowadays the latter is far more iconic than the former, so in the long run, it all evens out.

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

Dances would still rake in the Oscars in 2024. If it's a "white man bad" movie, the Hollyweird liberal guilt crowd will slobber all over it. Full disclosure: I thought it was an entertaining movie, even with cardboard Costner as the lead character. His acting range runs from A to B. @@AlbertaGeek

[@alonzocoyethea6148]

33:55-Henry still wasn't through, yet, ladies. I was living jn Seattle when he was arrested by detectives for ecstacy dealing and extorting stockbrokers in 2003. As soon as local papers printed it, The next day it was reported the FBI had taken over the case and charges had been dismissed for "Lack Of Evidence". Reporters tried to interview him at his house, found he'd already been moved to another undisclosed location.

[@laudanum669]

Henry Hill made a good living after this movie came out. He signed everything he could, Pictures, Movie posters, DVD's, Knives, Ice picks, etc. then sold them to fans and collectors.

[@USCFlash]

1:52 - "What are they in the mafia?" No, Boy Scouts Brooklyn Chapter....Lucchese Troop.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

So anyways, I start blasting.

[@waterbeauty85]

This is absolutely a cautionary example of why you don't to become a gangster, but a lot of people I know think they would love the wealth and the power and that they'd be too smart to make the mistakes that would get them imprisoned or killed.

[@angeldesigns1385]

I’m an 80’s WITSEC kid through my father. He relocated, married my mother, had my brother and I, and it took many years for use to finally acquire a stable living environment which included our schooling. I wouldn’t know exactly why that was until I was around 17 years old. Just because you leave that kind of environment doesn’t mean it’s easy to assimilate afterwards it’s quite the lengthy process.

[@Jordashian93]

Scorsese has his incredible way of telling stories and directing them, this film is no different, action and drama well mixed delivering a great mafia adventure.

[@TheWinterSailor]

Fun movie fact, the prosecutor at the end of the movie was the real prosecutor from the actual case.

[@hrussell9677]

He was actually the FBI agent who handled Henry Hill’s Witness Protection processing.

[@TheWinterSailor]

@@hrussell9677 no, he was a DoJ prosecutor that sponsored Henry Hill into Witness Protection, but he was not an FBI agent. He’s now a white collar crime defense lawyer. He is literally playing himself in the movie.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

​@@hrussell9677 No. He was an Assistant US Attorney.

[@antondzajajurca7797]

"IT was a little bit slow at the end ..." ...girl what you are on? Whole movie was in fifth gear all through. :)

[@EleventhCubFan]

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to watch you two react to this movie!

[@primeminister66]

Great reference

[@stathissdz2125]

What a wonderful guy Ray Liotta was! What a really wonderful guy!

[@christopherschreiber5805]

He was still in witness protection when the book came out. So yes, most of this probably happened but the names have all been changed. Great reaction, ladies.

[@MarcoMM1]

Great reaction Kristen & Vivian like alwyas, love this movie. Some fun-facts about this movie, some of the real criminals portrayed were actually toned down for the film, the infamous “funny how?” scene wasn’t in the script. This famous (if not the most quoted) scene comes at the beginning, when Pesci's Tommy DeVito jokingly-yet-uncomfortably accosts Henry Hill for calling him "funny." In addition to being the driving force behind the scene on screen, Pesci is also responsible for coming up with the premise. Both of Martin Scorsese’s parents have cameos in this movie. She plays Tommy's mother in the infamous dinner scene following Billy Batts’s murder, but the family connections hardly stop there. Tommy’s mother’s painting of two dogs sitting in front of an old man ("One's going east, and the other one is going west. So what?") was actually painted by co-writer Nicholas Pileggi’s mother. And Scorsese's father Charles also pops up as Henry’s prison compadre who puts way too many onions in the gravy. The large “f**k” count was mostly improvised, among the many things Goodfellas has become famous for over the 30 years is its liberal use of the word “f**k.” In all, the expletive and its many colorful derivatives are used 300 times. I dont know how this movie only went home with one Academy Award. You should react to "Casino" (1995) is another masterpiece from Scorsese, with De Niro and Pesci. Keep up the amazing work.

[@davherex]

So, SO glad you enjoyed this movie! Quite possibly the BEST gangster movie of all time. Next, you need to watch Casino (1995), also directed by Scorsese, and with many of the same actors as Goodfellas. AND, based on true events (like Goodfellas). 👍🏽

[@saulbass9293]

Hadn’t seen Goodfellas in a long time so rewatched it before seeing this reaction. Amazing how Joe Pesci goes from playing a loveable sidekick in Lethal Weapon 2 to an unhinged psychopath here. Always good to catch up on the great movies of yesteryear. Thanks for reaction

[@otisroseboro5613]

This Is Definitely One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's,Nice Reaction Ladies

[@zaibjameel6609]

My favourite Martin Scorsese movie and along with casino.

[@Jimbow-sz9kh]

"she has great legs though" Just wait till you catch an episode of her in the Sopranos as Tony's therapist years later. Dr. Melfi is her character's name but I call her Dr. Milfi as a compliment 💀

[@crigarsha]

ANY reaction with Kristen Stephenopolis is a GREAT reaction!!!! IYKYK!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@billforrester2512]

There is a prison in Galesburg Illinois called the Henry Hill correctional facility. It was opened in 1986. Until this movie, I had no idea who that was. Good reaction ladies.

[@ericsierra-franco7802]

That has nothing to do with this Henry Hill.

[@bencotton9414]

5:15 - I always chuckle when the actor says "Hendry got pinched..." 😅😂😂

[@15blackshirt]

This served as the primary inspiration for the HBO series The Sopranos, which I highly recommend watching. Another film like this I recommend watching is American Gangster

[@damianstarks3338]

This mob movie is an absolute masterpiece/classic happy to see you ladies reacting to this mob movie.

[@thomasgraves-v5f]

The movie My Blue Heaven with Steve Martin and Rick Moranis is also based on the same true story. It starts right after Goodfellas ends, with Steve playing the part of an ex-gangster in witness protection.

[@Ira88881]

Time for me to watch that movie for the 10th time!!!

[@stevenkies802]

Cinepals: It's more fun being a gangster than being president. Me: Unless you're a Kennedy.

[@vvrrtt1994]

Yup, one and the same

[@Time4utube]

🇮🇪🇺🇸

[@js6729]

Awesome reaction y'all! Another great movie in this same genre is Blow. Also Kristen you're looking stunning!

[@m.a.t.t.2978]

blessed to have see this .. With You two.. 😊🍿 Goodfellas was a top mob movie.. yasunderstand🤌 stay Awesome ⭐️

[@bencotton9414]

33:05 - this coincides with Michael Franzese (former Captain in the Colombo Family) saying about that life..."one of the horrors of that life is that your best friend walks you into a room and you don't walk out again..." and Lefty in Donnie Brasco saying, "you think I don't know how a hit gets set up? In Our Thing, you get sent for, you go in alive and you come out dead! And it's your best friend that does it!"

[@antonioramirez4763]

21:33 you know that slap Henry hill got from Polly wasn’t scripted,Polly did that on his own. True fact.

[@bobcarter6869]

"Paulie"

[@geneaikenii1092]

Iconic American Organized Crime film. Beautifully told. I remember when this was first released. It was a really big deal. Loved it back then. Still loving it today. Thanks for this little reminder of yesteryear. And thank you, girls, for your reactions. Really liking your style so I hit the sub button, black bell and like, and here's my little comment for you guys. See ya on the next. Big shoutout from the mountains of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Peace. Later.

[@rezalustig6773]

You literally made my night: it’s always a blast to see someone discover Goodfellas for the first time 😊

[@BlackFlightNY]

15:03 It’s not mentioned in the movie, but these guys were part of the Luchesse Crime Family, which later got taken over by the Gambino Family, making their “Boss” John Gotti. Paulie was a “Captain” Tommy was a “Soldier” Henry & Jimmy (who werent Italian) were “associates”

[@qdog568]

The Luchese family is still it's own family. Gambino's never took it over.

[@LaCheeserie]

Scorsese’s mother plays Tommy’s mom and she ad libs the scene. Incredible by her.

[@thedarkknight2221]

I still can’t believe why this movie lost Best Picture at the Oscars to Dances With Wolves. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great movie, but it does NOT have the legendary film status that this movie does. Oh and fun fact: the scene of the guys cutting thin slices of garlic to melt in the pan is BS, Martin Scorsese admitted when he talked with Jimmy Kimmel that he just made that up for the movie, you can’t melt garlic.😂 Also before I ever saw this masterpiece, I saw the Community episode “Contemporary American Poultry” aka the Mafia Movie episode. And I can’t watch the scene of all the bodies being displayed while “Layla” is being played without laughing and think about that episode.🤣🤣🤣 Also RIP Ray Liota and Paul Sorvino

[@waterbeauty85]

A couple of my favorite comments about this movie came from a KZbin reactor who said "Paulie is interesting. He looks cuddly and scary at the same time," and when he gave Henry the $3,200 instead of immediately having him taken out an killed, she said "I told you he was a cuddly bear." I wonder what the late Paul Sorvino would have thought of her reaction to his portrayal of Paul Cicero.

[@tehBIGivan]

You should watch "My Blue Heaven." It's based on the same interviews, but it is a comedy about what happened in witness protection after this movie

[@tonio1115]

Love the fact that you two went full psychotic at the end of this reaction, much love to you it is always nice to know where are the best people are, scalping or beheading:-)😅😮

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Hollywood needs the old-school auteurs like Scorsese more than ever

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci reunited again in Casino & Cop Land. You definitely need to watch those movies too.

[@nickcollins2413]

Pesci was in Cop Land? I don't remember him there

[@battleaxe8252]

Huh? You got alot of that mixed up😂🤦‍♂️

[@nickcollins2413]

@@clevelandcbi also true

[@rbl4641]

A total classic...so well directed, written and acted...Scorsese is a genius

[@davidforestieri4784]

Before 'Karen' became a thing, when I heard the name, I could only hear Ray Liotta saying it

[@mikehawk8609]

Some of my favorite parts are when Henry laughs at his friends beating people up 😂

[@bencotton9414]

13:36 - I bet Frank Vincent was glad when he read the Casino script and saw he was gonna get revenge on Joe Pesci for Raging Bull and Goodfellas! 😅😂😂

[@chrissmith7584]

There was only one gangster and true friend in this film and it was Paulie.

[@St3phenking13]

Great video ladies. Easy on the eyes and chill personalities. I was blessed to grow up in the 90's. So many great movies came out back then I can't name my favorite. Recommendations- Brooklyn's Finest Deep Cover Casino Donnie Brasco Heat Dead Presidents American Me to name a few.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

The discussion after the watch was pretty funny!

[@davidpetruzzi1113]

Nice reaction ladies salute 😊

[@rachardmcintyre6560]

RIP Ray Liotta & Paul Sorvino.😢😢

[@montxogandia]

Now watch "Casino", it's like the second part.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Henry Hill was such a card, they did a movie about his life in witness protection. Starring Steve Martin and Rick Morannis called, pennies from heaven or my Blue Heaven!

[@D-ragon-S]

I will NEVER downvote a Cinepals reaction !! I promise 😅 Kristen is the nicest most beautiful woman in the world ❤

[@battleaxe8252]

The end of this video was very interesting😂🤦‍♂️

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Joe Pesci won Best supporting actor in this film.

[@aaronhughes2911]

3 words- Kristen is fire!

[@jessicab743]

my fave combo is you two lovelies

[@Gus-mb6hk]

It’s such a good movie isn’t it

[@PauloHernandezXD]

4:17 if only gangsters these days looked like that instead of second hand circus clowns in oversized clothing.

[@St3phenking13]

The real gangsters are behind the scenes wearing three piece suites and in the House, Senate running things. You're talking about thugs not gangsters. But then again the Gangsters in this movie were killers so who cares how they're dressed.

[@lancesingleton3700]

​@@St3phenking13you pretty much summed it all up

[@dax977]

Up there with my top 3 gangster films, Casino and The Godfather 2, great reaction team

[@kpas22105]

I love how Tommy aged like 20 years more than Henry in the time jump and I really love how Tommy adds a D to Henry's name and calls him "Hendry".

[@wildwilly3530]

You guys are my favorites on this channel! Just a good team! I also like the “Popcorn in Bed” girls and “EOM Reacts” for reviews. They might be worth a watch if u ever have time.

[@bobbycorrigan7969]

Great job again ladies, 👍🌹🌹

[@Infamous1991]

Yes baby this is one of my favourite movies of all time

[@thedragonlee76]

Henry Hill got into trouble while in the witness protection program.He was still talking to his mob buddies, and he was involved with fixing college basketball games.

[@SuperDman82]

Can i see these two watch "The Crow" They need a bad-ass romantic revenge story of all-time!!

[@EleventhCubFan]

My god Kristen, I love that outfit! It’s a great shade of red!

[@thomasmorisette9042]

love your reaction to gangster films , see GF 1 and 2 and just watched this, looking forward for more ! Had to replay that reaction to Tommys death over and over again LOL!

[@paragonpiper4081]

Scorsese usually put his parents into his films. His mom was Tommy’s mom. His dad was Vinnie.

[@bencotton9414]

14:46 - They ACTUALLY DID THIS IN REAL LIFE! They sat down and had dinner with Tommy's mother while Batts was in the trunk outside...absolute mad men!

[@bencotton9414]

And in this scene you see Robert De Niro use a ketchup bottle THE SAME WAY that Jimmy Burke did (Jimmy Conway was his real name in real life)! De Niro asked Henry Hill how Jimmy would empty ketchup out of the bottle...whether he would bang the bottom of the bottle (like I do 😅) or just shake it...but Henry said he would roll it inbetween his hands! 😂😂😂 they say method actors are mad men but I say that extra dedication to a craft can only be an admirable thing and something to admire! That's what makes actors like him, Al Pacino and Daniel Day-Lewis the greatest of all time! And at 18:55 - they try to talk Henry around here, not out of sympathy for his conflict with his wife, but because the wiseguys were scared the wife would run wild and start talking about things to people they shouldn't be talking about! And at 20:00 - this is the biggest falsehood I've heard about this life! Several former mobsters said they would sometimes get better food from the kitchen because of their status but someone like Henry (a non-made, half-Irish hoodlum) would NEVER GET TREATMENT LIKE THAT! And 21:31 - that slap was improvised and the surprise on Liotta's face was genuine! This is what separates the men from the boys in terms of acting! They don't make films like this anymore! Name ONE FILM that will be as classic as this and will be AS MEMBERABLE as this in 34 years time!

[@philmullineaux5405]

The comedian was Henny Youngman, king of the one liners. Type his name in here!

[@pandafan4672]

Fun Fact: the agent negotiating with the Hills on witness protection IS actually an agent that worked the case.

[@mbrooks1991]

Fun fact: Tommy's (Joe Pesci) mother in the movie was actually Martin Scorsese's late mother

[@littledickydolittle3071]

Henry, Tommy and Jimmy were _associates_ of the Lucchese ('Loo-kazie') family (one of the five families). Paulie was the boss of that family. Billy Batts was a soldier (made man) of the Gambino family (another one of the 5 families). The Gambino's knew Batts was clipped by Tommy because of the bar incident, and were pushing Paulie to do something about it. He did. Paulie had too...those are the rules.

[@Equint77]

The story goes it was gotti who killed tommy.

[@Marcelo83uk]

Fun fact for you... the young tommy who Henry is with selling the cigarettes is one of the kids in ninja turtles 1990 who steal the purse from the lady before casey Jones has the fight with Raphael

[@kylewestlake982]

What I think stands out about this mob movie is that it feels like the other half of the coin of the Godfather, which tells of how the mob viewed itself. Godfather, however, shows how we view the mafia.

[@1lthrnk]

Lufthansa heist December 11, 1978 $4 million worth $19,758,196.46 today

[@primeminister66]

Top 5 movie of all time and exquisite ladies as well with the reaction

[@waterbeauty85]

What Vivian said about playing dumb to stay safe reminded me of Douglas Hegdahl, a sailor who got washed off the deck of his ship by a huge wave during the Vietnam War and was captured by the North Vietnamese and put into Hoa Lo Prison (nicknamed the "Hanoi Hilton"). He knew that the North Vietnamese were routinely torturing P.O.W.s, so he played into their own propaganda that average American enlisted men (unlike the captured American pilots who were officers) were ignorant and stupid. He convincing them that he didn't know how to read or write and that he was too simple minded and easily confused to follow instructions properly. Hagdahl's captors decided that he was so stupid that, even if they tortured him into collaborating, he would be useless to them, so they didn't bother trying and gave him a nickname that meant "The Incredibly Stupid One" in Vietnamese. The truth was that he actually had an extraordinary memory, so when , as a PR stunt to show how "humane and lenient" they were, the North Vietnamese wanted to release some P.O.W.s early (which most P.O.W.s rejected because they refused to abandon their fellow prisoners), Hegdahl's senior ranking officer ordered him to memorize the names and personal information of 256 P.O.W.s at Hoa Lo Prison and to accept early release so he could return to the U.S. and tell the government and P.O.W.s' families who was being held at Hoa Lo so the North Vietnamese couldn't just make prisoners "disappear."

[@philmullineaux5405]

The trilogy to watch ....tho not related but all came out about the same time is in order, Goodfellas, Casino, A Bronx Tale! DeNiro and Pesci are in all 3!

[@BlackFlightNY]

28:12 Yea, Paulie knew alright Paulie agreed for ONLY Tommy to get whacked…instead of ALL 3 of them! Notice you NEVER see or hear Paulies reaction to Tommy getting whacked?🤔 He didn’t set it up, but he ALLOWED it to happen, to save Jimmy and Henry

[@gordontanner4407]

Back in the day, you got the belt.

[@worthalook4870]

Classic along with Godfather, Once Upon A Time In America, A Bronx Tale and others

[@BenRollinsActor]

R.I.P., Ray Liotta.

[@williamlandolfi7858]

Paul Sorvino died only two months after Ray Liotta died.

[@lovidodd21]

Not sure if anyone mentioned but Scorsese’s mom and dad are in this. Mom plays Tommy’s mom and dad plays Vinnie, the old guy that’s in jail with them

[@levarmitchell3962]

I like how y'all's faces changed from amusement to shock and anxiety once you realized how dark the gangster life really is

[@clever.whenever]

It was fun watching women react to this film 😂 There were so many instances where men would've been "HELL YEAAA, less gooo" but they were just sitting there like 👁👄👁

[@RazorShalom]

I’m going to marry Kristen one day. Im manifesting it right now.

[@keithsimpson6563]

This is the best mafia movie ever maid. I'm so happy to have both of you doing the review. You should do a man called otto or Defending your life. You would absolutely love both of them.

[@matthawkins8880]

This is actually based on a true story. Henry Hill only died in 2012 in Los Angeles.

[@Ira88881]

RIP Gina Mastrogiacomo, an old friend and coworker. And RIP Paul Sorvino and Ray Leotta.

[@rohitgautam1384]

Now we want taxi driver

[@wesclark6253]

The Mother was actually Director's Martin Scorsese Real life mother.

[@willparks3429]

Not just Goodfellas great fellas