--- title: "Casino: the reviews" canonical: "https://film.one/film/casino/reviews" title_page: "https://film.one/film/casino" critics_score: 80 critics_reviews: 6 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Casino (1995): what the critics said Critics' score 80 from 6 reviews: 5 positive, 1 mixed, 0 negative. Most critics respond warmly to Casino, with praise centred on Scorsese’s direction, the detail of the casino operations and the film’s account of Mafia power in Las Vegas. The reviews admire its period atmosphere and visual style, though the performances receive just as much attention. De Niro and Pesci draw strong notices, while Sharon Stone is repeatedly singled out for bringing emotional depth to the film. For its admirers, the detailed narration helps make a complicated criminal enterprise absorbing. The disagreement concerns whether that technique sustains the personal drama. Reservations cluster around length, heavy voice-over and repetition, with a sizeable gap between the strongest praise and the dissent. The Los Angeles Times admires the opening account of casino operations but finds the ensuing drama exhausting and excessively violent. Time Out goes further, arguing that flashy technique sidelines the characters and makes the film feel like a tired return to GoodFellas. ## RogerEbert.com — Roger Ebert Rating 4/4. 22 November 1995. Scorsese's film excels at capturing the Mafia's operations in Las Vegas through detailed narration and period specifics. The director gets the feel and mood of the city exactly right, with strong performances from De Niro, Pesci, and especially Stone. [Read the review](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/casino-1995) ## The Hollywood Reporter — Duane Byrge Fi1m's normalised score 90/100 (inferred from the text). 17 November 1995. The critic declares Casino a big winner commercially and aesthetically, comparing it favorably to GoodFellas and praising its direction, visuals, and cast. Sharon Stone's sensational performance is highlighted as the standout element. [Read the review](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/casino-review-martin-scorsese-1995-movie-1236432098/) ## Radio Times — Alan Jones Rating 4/5. The critic calls Casino a hugely underrated and shocking tale of power, money and depravity, essentially about the Mafia adrift in the 1970s without its usual codes. It praises absorbing realism, intriguing subplots and expertly drawn characters, singling out Sharon Stone as an absolute revelation in her demanding role. [Read the review](https://www.radiotimes.com/movie-guide/b-hn8qx9/casino) ## The New York Times — Janet Maslin Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 22 November 1995. Scorsese delivers a dazzlingly stylish portrait of Las Vegas as a surreal, money-obsessed mirage with blistering bitterness and peacock extravagance. The film features spectacular performances, particularly from Sharon Stone, and fits perfectly into the director's canon of histrionic mob stories. [Read the review](https://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/22/movies/film-review-a-money-mad-mirage-from-scorsese.html) ## Los Angeles Times — Kenneth Turan Fi1m's normalised score 50/100 (inferred from the text). 22 November 1995. Scorsese proves himself a master of imagery but struggles to make his personal obsessions accessible, resulting in an exhausting and claustrophobic film. The movie shines in its opening cinematic sequences detailing casino operations but loses momentum in repetitive personal drama and excessive violence. [Read the review](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-22-ca-5869-story.html) ## Empire — Phil Thomas 1 January 2000. The critic finds Casino a powerful, disturbing and fascinating examination of a specific time and place, and of the nature of deals we make. They single out the lead performances of De Niro, Stone and Pesci for particular praise while noting the film's length and voiceover elements. [Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/casino-review/) ## Time Out — GA The critic finds Scorsese's film technically impressive with an inherently fascinating subject in the evolution of Las Vegas and its mobsters, but faults the approach for making virtuosity an end in itself. Story and characters are pushed into the background by flashy technique and heavy voice-over, resulting in a dull Scorsese movie that feels like a tired rerun of GoodFellas. [Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/casino) ## Eye for Film — Nick Jones Fi1m's normalised score 80/100 (inferred from the text). 11 July 2005. The film dazzles and seduces through its epic storytelling of the rise and fall of a Las Vegas casino empire run by the mob. Sharon Stone delivers the standout performance as the volatile Ginger, bringing emotional depth to the male-dominated gangster tale. [Read the review](https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=10803) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/casino.md