a review of 穷街陋巷

My unintentional Friendship Week came to a close on Tuesday with the watching of Mean Streets. It's a little slow at times, but there's still a lot to enjoy here, and it's fun to see the beginning of when many of a director's signatures/staples started to take shape, some still with a little roughness to them. Between this and Bang the Drum Slowly, 1973 was a big year for DeNiro to come up and act like a goofy dimwit. I'm wavering between 3.5 and 4; this is a perfect 3.75.