perhaps one of the scorsese minor masterpiece that sometimes get lose when consider goodfellas or even mean street and film that get the bulk of the chatter . this and along with king of comedy run in a very different vein and combine black comedy with tension and suspense a a central spine to the piece . sure and goodfellas have some black comedic moment and but on whole and it stand a a drama rather than a comedy . this be a very different film and will cause you to laugh and to shake your head in sympathy and mutter oh no more than once . i rat it a 9 and i have no idea why this get low mark than that . see it more than once .