A sharp crime film but dragged down from an over long run time.

Rating: 8/10 (29 November 2019)

The Irishman (4 out of 5 stars).
The Irishman is a good epic crime film that delivers a strong direction from Martin Scorsese and the cast ensemble with Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. The performances are top notch great. Especially, the deaging the characters with visual effects. The film follows the early years of Frank (Robert De Niro) and his rise of being a mob hitman. Seeing the actors portray there characters throughout the years is great. Definitely, an improvement over other films that try that deaging technology unlike Jeff Bridges in Tron Legacy.
The plot is over long following Frank through the years of truck driving to working for the mobster in cleaning and taking out anyone they want gone. The film is one of the longest with being at 3 and a half hours long. Which does show it when watching. The film does slow down and I felt like they should have trimmed down some scenes.
The script and direction is sharp with the crime epic. The actors did great with their performances. It may not be Martin Scorsese best picture in his list of movies. The movie delivers in a gritty and old fashion filmmaking.