... reductions have led to the film’s mischaracterization, in certain circles, as a 'bro' movie—a masturbatory ode to guy’s behaving badly. Thankfully, critic Glenn Kenny’s extraordinary Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas offers a great deal more nuance than that on the film’s 30th anniversary.

Glenn Kenny does not so much reflect on the film as re-create it with a shot-by-shot breakdown of granular specificity. Proceeding one scene at a time, he alternates between descriptions of on-camera action with copious behind-the-scenes details about the principal players.

This is film writing with enthusiasm and purpose.

... a thorough and highly entertaining look at the creation and legacy of what many consider one of the best mob movies of all time.

Film critic and journalist Kenny knocks one out of the park with this thorough, well-documented, sharply written book about the 1990 Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas. More than your typical making-of book, this also offers a critical investigation into the film’s history.

... an exhaustive, sometimes exhausting analysis.