I liked it, but 2 things bothered me.

First off, I liked this film. It was entertaining, funny, and the last 20 minutes were action packed. I thought the acting was great and I loved the characters. I thought the days of DeNiro beating people with a baseball bat were over, and speaking of which, I loved the tongue and cheek references to DeNiro in other mafia roles. (Goodfellas, Untouchables, Analyze This) I have a few problems with it, but two stand out the most.

1. How they found the family. The coincidences completely shattered my temporary suspension of disbelief. Come on. "If it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me." Not as common of a saying such as WTF, but definately not something so unique as to set off a red flag. And, that this guy would get a copy of this school paper, in this way, is just too much. It seems like the writer could not find a way to expose the family, but instead of taking a hour to write something clever, yet believable, we get this fantastic happenstance.

2. "I've got to dirty you." So let me get this straight. Wiseguys have to murder their friends if they snitch. I know this. I get this. They also have to murder the wife and children of the snitch? Okay, I have never heard this before, at least not with the American mafia in the last 50 years, but whatever, for the case of the story, lets let that one slide. But rape the wife? I have read a lot of books about La Cosa Nostra. New York, Chicago, Philly, California, Vegas, hell, I even read a book about the mafia in Canada. I have never ever ever heard this rule before. It really bothered me and I thought it was unnecessary.

Other than those two things, I thought the film was great. Loved the scene where DeNiro is trying to explain how they guy fell down the stairs and broke his leg in 13 places. Hilarious.