Anti-Hero

# Anti-Hero

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Jimmy's a GoodFella, but Is He a Good Fella?

There are a lot of maniacs in GoodFellas, but none are as cold-blooded and wise as Jimmy Conway. Often overshadowed by the movie's other iconic psychopaths, namely Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito and Ray Liotta's Henry Hill, Jimmy's guy-behind-the-guy demeanour makes him my favourite on-screen killer. Although he is undoubtedly a "bad guy," I wonder if there isn't something admirable about this consummate criminal. Played by Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's 1990 classic, he first appears as a local

Bob Woolsey: So you're telling me I SHOULDN'T be doing coke at work?

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Jimmy's a GoodFella, but Is He a Good Fella?

DISCLAIMHER*: The Antiheroine's Rise or Fall?

The rise of the female antihero (or antiheroine) has put some of cinema's favourite female-driven psychological-thrillers on the map and silver screen, the likes of The Girl On Train (2016) with Rachel Watson (Emily Blunt) and the infamous Gone Girl (2014) with Amy Dunne (Rosumand Pike). By dictionary's definition, an anti-hero or anti-heroine “lacks (or defies) the conventional heroic attributes or qualities that a typical or traditional hero (symbolizes or) embodies”. Instead is highly flawed