"A Bronx Tale" is one of my favorite movies. As plawrence pointed out, its attention to time related detail is superb, and it has the look and feel of the New York mob (on the local level) better than any other movie I've seen.

Its a different kind of movie than some of the others, though, and I agree that its not as exciting as, say, "Goodfellas" or "Casino". I'd still highly recommend it to anyone who likes mob movies!