Donnie Brasco is noteworthy on three counts. It marks a stunning change of pace for British director Mike Newell, whose previous movies (Into The West, Enchanted April and Four Weddings And A Funeral) have tended towards the light and viscera-free; an ""I've arrived!"" star-making performance from Johnny Depp, who finally seems to have given up playing too-good-to-be-true eccentrics; and another authoritative East Coast mobster portrait from Pacino.
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