The best Mob Movie of the 21st Century

Rating: 10/10 (2 December 2019)

From start to finish this movie is a 10. The movie is on par with any of Scorsese's prime films, from Goodfellas to Taxi Driver this will go down as one of his bests. The only thing you can knock this movie for is the 3 and a half hour runtime, but that's where it grips you. The writing in this movie is one of the bests in Scorsese's library, but it is one of the best maybe even the best of 2019. The funny part is in the movie there is a lot of dead silence just the camera lingering on whomever is on screen after a conversation, but it's not just some gimmick to get you to sit there for 3.5 hours. Whenever this happens in the film it's a time when something said or something done is being thought about by the character and it gives you the time to resonate before moving on to the next scene. Scorsese brings the whole gang back for one last go around, and boy what a way to go out if this is the final film for these brilliant men. De Niro has been goin steady the last couple years but this was the De Niro we know best. His performance is wonderful and deserves a nomination. Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa is the best we've seen from him in a long time. But if you ask me the one the only Joe Pesci gave the performance of his career. Pesci's roles have given him this reputation of being this loud mouth fight first ask questions later kind of guy that we all came to love, and that is why this is his career performance. This is a role that has come at the perfect time for Pesci. When he is on the screen you feel that every word he says is precious time being spent on you. He is cold he is calm he is calculating he is the man of the film for me. Everything in this film is perfection, the cinematography, the score, the pacing, acting, writing, directing. If you had asked me yesterday what the best movie of 2019 is I would have said the Joker easily, but not anymore. The Irishman is a 10 wise guys out 10 it is the best movie of 2019 and it still won't get any Oscar nominations goodbye