Ridiculous over reliance in voice over

Rating: 4/10 (13 November 2019)

This is ridiculous. At the 35 minutes mark I was waiting for "the movie to start". I really and honestly was waiting for the voice over to stop explaining people's motivations and connections with each other and feelings and risks and problems and desires. Jesus Christ. And even if it went away a bit after that mark, it never completely disappeared. It is the laziest trick to tell a story.
If it was needed to tell the complete story in 3 hours, then this story should've been a "two parts" or a trilogy, without any voice-over whatsoever. I can understand this in fantasy movies like Lord of the Rings, but in a gritty and realistic story? Lame.
Also the miscast of De Niro. His character was annoyingly passive and nerdy. He just doesn't give that vibe. Not even close. Awful casting choice.
Also, no matter how awful your characters are, you should find a way to make them entertaining to see. Joe Pesci did that. But De Niro and Stone failed.
I was bored and annoyed by the voice over, and with time, I was bored and annoyed at the characters. I honestly couldn't care less about anything.
Good "based on a real story" movies tend to make you want to find out exactly what happened after watching them. I couldn't care less about this "Las Vegas" incident after "Casino". It's not bad, but it is close.