Geri McGee story. In the film, the Rosenthals only have one daughter, Amy, while in real life McGee had three children. The film also implied that McGee was a part-time hustler (and perhaps a prostitute), and that her friend and lover Lester Diamond (played by James Woods) was her pimp and mentor since she was 14. In actuality, there is no evidence that McGee ever was a prostitute. The script also changed the couple's names from Geri McGee and Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal to Ginger McKenna and Sam "Ace" Rothstein (played by Robert De Niro), and Lenny Marmor to Lester Diamond. Geri McGee
Casino (1995 film) than it had been for the thematically similar "Goodfellas", released only five years earlier, with some reviews criticizing Scorsese for retreading familiar territory. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Impressive ambition and bravura performances from an outstanding cast help "'Casino" pay off in spite of a familiar narrative that may strike some viewers as a safe bet for director Martin Scorsese" On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating