Slow burn de-aged vfx gangster movie that feels like high school class reunion

Rating: 7/10 (20 March 2020)

First 1/5th of a film feels like some off-cuts of "Goodfellas" / "Casino" or it feels like 'we already seen this story before'. After it, it changes its tempo especially in the last 1/5th of the movie (after De Niro went into airplane to meet Pacino) and soon after, it feels so anti-climatic. Obviously, "The Irishman" had good director so despite its flows, it is well-made, but I'm just not over the moon with its final result. Female companions are barely seen no matter that mobsters usually do have passion for women. The one we do see is (De Niro character daughter) Peggy with almost no words to speak in it. Oddly enough, good thing here is that the film was not as long as you might think after seeing its runtime: three and a half hours. At the end, the movie is OK, at least just for the performances of De Niro, Pacino & Pesci. So, it's what it is.
Rating: 7+ (just because it feels so familiar, which I don't want from a new story)