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Mean Streets Is the Film That Announced Martin Scorsese as a Major Director. Raw, Gritty, and Completely Unforgettable.

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Mean Streets Is the Film That Announced Martin Scorsese as a Major Director. Raw, Gritty, and Completely Unforgettable. — Hive
Released in 1973, Mean Streets feels like the moment when Martin Scorsese truly arrived. Before this film he had shown promise, but Mean Streets was the movie that put his name… by thefed
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ApesAPoppin237 Apr 2, 2026 +20
Why does the whole review feel like an ad?
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mostly_harmless1 Apr 2, 2026 +21
Feels like it was written by AI
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sally_says Apr 2, 2026 +8
If there are active moderators they should block the URL from being posted again.
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Famous_Abrocoma_1335 Apr 2, 2026 +7
What Mean Streets did that nobody talks about enough is use music as interior monologue. The songs aren't soundtrack, they're how Charlie experiences the world. Scorsese basically invented a grammar for that and every music-driven film since owes it something.
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Wild-Display-765 Apr 2, 2026 +2
They’re like the people I grew up around. I’m 76 and so many of the characters were familiar to me. The movie floored me.
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SpecialWhole4969 Apr 2, 2026 +4
mean streets is such a classic, the way it captures that gritty NYC vibe is unmatched. scorsese really set the bar high with this one.
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IttyBittyOhSoPretty Apr 2, 2026 +2
I rate Mean Streets higher than Goodfellas and C*****. Both Keitel and DeNiro are powerhouses in this.
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Lurker-DaySaint Apr 3, 2026 +1
Nothing beats Goncharov tho
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lilpump_1 Apr 2, 2026 +1
it’s a great watch, introducing de niro in a scorcese movie in their first collaboration together
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MiloTheMagnificent Apr 2, 2026 +1
I’m trying Lord I’m trying
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Craiggers324 Apr 2, 2026 +1
It's actually one of the only Criterion discs I've ever sold because I did not like it at all.
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Oddball- Apr 2, 2026 +1
One of the movies we watched in film class in college back when! Not bad not bad.
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DomainSink Apr 2, 2026 +1
Is it as good as his Goncharov?
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ClarkTwain Apr 2, 2026 +1
It’s close, but I think the boathouse scene in goncharov puts it slightly over the edge.
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averytolar Apr 2, 2026 -3
It just occurred to me, but Harvey Keitel and De Niro weren’t in a Film together again until Copland?
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MiloTheMagnificent Apr 2, 2026 +23
There was a little movie called Taxi Driver
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ApprehensiveKale5944 Apr 2, 2026 -6
I never heard of it before.
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fungleflies67 Apr 2, 2026 -1
Want a gritty movie see the pusher series
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HeckuvaJoo Apr 2, 2026 -1
Unforgettable? I’ve seen it and can’t remember anything about it except Scorsese himself saying the n-word multiple times.
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