Review of The Irishman (2019) by Vickimage — 10 Jan 2020
First the positives. This movie is very watchable and brings a new element to Scorsese’s gangster films in being more of an autumnal look back from the vantage of old age. Now the negatives. DeNiro and Pacino are miscast.
Frank Sheehan and Jimmy Hoffa were of Irish heritage. The likes of Liam Neeson would have been more appropriate as Sheehan. The middle section is repetitive and concentrating on Hoffa so much throws the movie off balance.
Pacino in a bad hairpiece chewing the scenery doesn’t help. Bringing in the Kennedys etc has Scorsese treading into James Ellroy’s Underworld Trilogy territory. The female characters in the movie are afterthoughts.
The pace is plodding and I didn’t know gangsters talked so much.
This review of The Irishman (2019) was written by Vickimage on 10 Jan 2020.
The Irishman has generally received very positive reviews.
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