Review of The Irishman (2019) by Brent_Marchant — 29 Nov 2019

Marin Scorsese's effort to "get the band back together again" for one last hurrah in the gangster movie genre initially struck me as a potentially sad attempt at trying to relive past glory. However, after having seen this offering, I was pleasantly surprised at how much I liked it, especially the excellent performances of Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.

The 3.5-hour runtime was, admittedly, quite intimidating, too, though much of the film (except perhaps the last half hour) moves along at a surprisingly breezy pace, not at all indicative of its true length.

And, of course, there was the gratuitousness factor, an element that, thankfully, didn't really factor in nearly as much as I expected it might. With all that said, don't let preconceptions hold you back from seeing this one; you're likely to walk away pleasantly surprised.