This is Depp's coming-of-age role, and he's terrific. Pacino, who's shown more flash than substance recently, reminds us how great he can be when he loses himself inside a character.

Although perhaps familiar in its outer trappings, Pacino's fine work is the key to the film succeeding to the extent that it does.

A tense, sharp and compelling character study, Newell's film is a worthy addition to the Mob-movie canon.

A superb movie with a brilliant performance by Pacino and some of the best movie dialogue for a long time.