Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The first temptation is to say - I know this story, I know what Al Pacino does. bbut you make a mistake. Carlito is a story about gangsters and it has the all ingredients of genre. but Al Pacino and Sean Penn are masters to transform the known story in something real original. and this is basic virtue of film - it is not The Godfather or Scarface. it is a story about survive, fights, succes and fall who could not be reduced at simplicity of sketches, cliches or stereotypes. it is an alive story. that defines it. and does it great.

Going into this movie my exceptions were honestly low, However I found later in the movie that it was not the case at all. You don't hear much about Carlito's Way due to the fact its one of Al Pacino's underrated films. I loved this movie and I felt like it told the story of Carlito who was trying to put his past to a close. I personally believe that this movie should be next to some of Al Pacino's greater hits. However, I do have to say the ending of this movie was upsetting due to the unanswered questions and potential.

Brian De Palma has a unique tone for his mafia films, and "Carlitos Way" is no different, with a suspense characteristic of a thriller alienated to a good script and good pace, Brian was already an experienced guy had already directed His greatest classics when he took over the direction of this Longa, and you can see his touch and tone in the film. We have a script that tells the ending, and then shows the story, is an interesting resource, and is applied wrapped in many techniques, such as the mixture of PB with color, the camera ripple and the narration, is a moment almost the part of Of the film, after this moment we see in fact the trajectory of Carlito 'Charlie' Brigante (Al Pacino), the gangster who is taken out of jail, back in the streets, and all he wants is redemption and live the rest of his life away from Streets with his beloved, but ends up wrapped in the problems of his friend and lawyer David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). "Carlitos Way" is a film that talks about redemption, Carlitos really is trying to change and believes that he can change, until he reaches the point where he accepts his destiny, it is a lyrical love story that has as background the Mafia, Murders, traffic and crimes, we see the love of friendship, loyalty and the special person, and how the relationship between them works, is an interesting and very well-adapted story. Even often using ex-machine features, Brian holds and strings his script convincingly giving Carlito a look of a Tony Montana mixed to Eliot Ness. Brian de Palm is a very accurate guy in the technique of his films, he knows how to work the camera very well, and here it is no different, he makes the viewer a compliment, we have a little camera used in tripod, that walks, Zoom, opens the frame and especially, is always in the right place in moments of tension, even some plans of the film are very simple, in the directional aspect, Brian does not miss, the movie sometimes reminds the great "Scarface", perhaps the scenes Of nightclub, but the photograph, she is different, she is gray and more suburban, aligned to a punctual trail that always pulls to a suspense. Al Pacino and his beard fill the screen always, even if his acting is not brilliant, Al Pacino has a masterful grandeur, it is impossible to take his eyes off him and not feel intimate for his character, Sean Penn is also very well in his moments, First a centered lawyer and then a mobster who hates gangsters, Penelope Ann and her almost angelic beauty is also wonderful, and contrasts even physically with Carlito's character making the viewer cling more to the couple in that air of "Forbidden Love." "Carlitos Way" is among the best works of Brian De Palma for his subtlety and because he can keep a footprint and lead to the end without making the film coarse or boring.

from start to finish this movie is absolutely ridiculous. love al pacino, i love gangster flicks, this is not a decent representation of either. i cannot believe this movie gets such great reviews!!! 75 % of the scenes seem like satire they are so corny. the acting in this film is a giant fart sniff and the best part is............ the opening credits give the whole damn thing away! half way thru the movie you realize whats going on unless you resemble any of the idiots in the cast. garbage, poopoo. apparently, they won't let me submit this review unless i add a few more lines about how craptastic this waste of time donkey balls movie is. so, here you go, the main lady was terrible! watch the bathroom scene. anywhoozle.....this movie blows, don't listen to all the corn balls. made for TV garbanzo beans.