hnchmichael-44820 Where do I start? This review is for the 229 minutes Director's Cut that I saw once last year on the Internet. I must say that there is too much praising of a worthless movie that I myself find nothing to like about at all. All the nudity and rape scenes are enough for me to want to grab the DVDs all across the world and throw it in garbage bins. When that is said, I can only imagine how much worse the actual movie is (I believe I read that it's 6 hours and 30 minutes long). Seriously, this is the worst movie I've ever seen, even worse than the Saw-movies, because the Saw-movies were at least a little bit of thrilling. This on the other hand is nothing of value! And I know that people think that I'm not being serious about this. I am serious. If it's true that Sergio Leone spent 10 years to make this trash, then that makes me sick to my stomach. The only reasons to why people like it are, A: They are Robert De Niro-fanatics, B: They are addicted to porn and violence and C: They are delusional and not true to themselves. Stay away at all costs!

adonis98-743-186503 A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Once Upon a Time in America is 4 freaking hours long it's like Watching The Godfather Part IV or something i mean jeez this movie is so damn boring and nothing happens at all and even Robert De Niro can't save it i mean i'm sorry but this movie was just way too much for me to handle and the 4hrs long will definitely throw you out of the experience in an instance. (0/10)

soundoflight Is "Once Upon a Time in America" praised because of what it is, or because of who made it? I would argue that it is the latter, as Sergio Leone has been raised to a mythical status due to his unique directing talents and the success of the four western films he directed. Despite what Leone brought to this film (and his signature techniques are all at work here), that alone does not make a great film, and unfortunately "Once Upon a Time in America" suffers from several key shortcomings. The main one of these shortcomings is simply the plot, which is too cumbersome, and once put through the wringer of the pacing and time-jumping, simply doesn't hold up as interesting enough to justify the 4 hour runtime of the extended version (the version Leone intended, apparently). By the end of the film I was deflated and bored, and the ending itself did nothing to change that. There was a gem of a good story in here - Leone knew that - but I don't think he succeeded in bringing it out. And many of the scenes seemed to be there only to provide shock value. Leone's earlier work was much "tighter," where every shot seemed to matter.The music and soundtrack are also a bit jarring. I think this was Leone's weak spot through most of his films. His repetition of musical themes in a film worked OK for his westerns, but in this film in particular, it becomes wearisome to hear the same cloying theme for the 50th time over 4 hours. I found myself distracted by the music and wishing it wasn't there behind the dialogue much of the time. So despite some glimmers of brilliance, even the fully restored version of "Once Upon a Time in America" rings flat for me. Due to the years of delays in getting this film off the ground, he missed his window and the "gangster" genre was already tired when this film came out (and arguably it's even more tired today). And unlike his westerns, which were sort of meta-films as they came after the hay-day of the format. "Once Upon a Time in America" just feels like one of the pack.

donaldricco The unending ringing of the telephone at the beginning really put me off, and I never recovered. While it is a good looking film, it is also boring and drawn out. And some of the actors are just terrible.