A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I have it on DVD, I was quite eager to check it out again. Following his breakthrough with 'Mean Streets', Martin Scorsese directed this feature. In fact, Ellen Burstyn was the one coming up with this project and she chose the, at the time, up-and-coming director. Anyway, following 'Boxcar Bertha', it was Scorsese's 2nd feature with a woman as a leading character something that he will never do afterwards. Still, he was already a very good director and I thought that the whole thing was rather well made. Furthermore, Ellen Burstyn is a hell of an actress, criminally underrated, and she gave here one of her best performances. Still, even though Roger Ebert is a huge fan of this movie, to be honest, I can't say I was really blown away by the whole thing though. Indeed, even though the characters were rather interesting, I didn't care much about the story. In fact, he movie was originally much longer but Scorsese had to cut it to reach less than 2 hours of running time which he did regret. Apparently, the first part involving Alice’s husband was more fledged out and, by removing a good chunk of this part, this character was barely developed at all and, in my opinion, we missed an important piece of Alice’s journey. Anyway, to conclude, I don't think this movie belongs to Martin Scorsese's best work but it is still a decent drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this director.