Been there, done that.

Rating: 7/10 (12 November 2019)

It's not to say that the acual film wasn't impressively assembled and acted.
But it really screamed that I'd seen all this before. Many times.
Sure, genres do repeat themselves several times. But not as succinctly as here.
Within the many engaging vignettes, there really wasn't a driving force in the very long 3.5 hours. Amusing to see brain-dead mobsters talk all that brain-dead mobster stuff. But been done to death: Suits. Cussing. Killing each other. Got it. No insight into that horrid lifestyle. The effects of such, but nothing how they could consider it the norm.
The de-aging was not as bad as I expected and heard of. But it wasn't impressive. Looks very animated and didn't get deNiro down under looking 45, even when he was suppose to be in his 20s. Seems like it'd make more sense to use deep fake with images of deNiro young. Not like there's ain't plenty. The message was that deNiro was used to killing in WWII, but was only depicted in one quick scene. (And why'd he have the two Germans get out of the hole when they'd be in there anyway?)
If you must, be very aware of the 3.5 hours, as it feels like 3.5 hours.
And this also brings up the perplexing state of affairs at Netflix. They're $12 billion in debt and think that sinking $159M into this will make them money? Prestige? I'm lost.