How does Carlito's Way rank among the classic mafia movies?

[wilky61]

I've never seen it, but the only dude I know who also collects Blu-Rays was raving about this movie to me earlier. He said it was one of De Palma's best and shows Pacino/Penn at their primes? How do you think it compares to the usual canon of mafia films such as Goodfellas, Casino, Scarface, Untouchables, Donnie Brasco, Departed, etc.? Truly an underrated classic?

I'm skeptical to blind-buy the new BR because I'm not terribly fond of any of these movies, really... not enough to own any of these on BR at least...

EDIT: Goodfellas is the only one that really stands out of the pack for me. I didn't like the stories or the questionable sense of realism in a lot of these movies (e.g., Untouchables).