You absolutely love it or absolutely hate it

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2020)

Fascinating to see the scores given by reviewers are either very high or very low, not much in the middle. It may have something to do with the age of the reviewer. This is not a slam bang, fast paced Marvel Comic movie where everyone is always zooming through and slamming people around is common. In The Irishman, it's a couple shots to the head and keep walking. A long interlude at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill NJ sets up what happens as Hoffa loses his grip on the Teamsters but is probably too slow for younger viewers. Me, my grandparents lived down the street from the Latin Casino, so it was like going home again after all these years and I enjoyed watching the maneuvering over the Teamsters that went on while Jerry Vale sang away. Pacino was great - he got to be the old raging Pacino again, raging even more as Hoffa. DiNiro lower key as Sheeran but that's what you want in a hit man, somebody who doesn't stand out in the crowd. I loved it, but I can see why younger viewers would get bored. This isn't the kind of film they are used to.