The Untouchables Is Too Neat To Be A Truly Great Gangster Movie
by Pauline Kael on The Stacks, shared by Tom Ley to D from on (#2V8ZY)

Thirty years ago The Untouchables, Brian De Palma's most commercial movie to that point, was released and helped launch Kevin Costner as an All-American star. This review by Pauline Kael originally appeared in The New Yorker and appears here with permission from the author's estate.