Good job, Scorsese, but where is the story?

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2020)

Neither De Niro, nor Pacino can save you, when you don't have a REAL story to tell. Actually, the film is well made, as you can expect from Scorsese, but it's more like a chronicle than a real movie. You are put inside many characters and small plots, but in the end suddenly in a blink of an eye the irishman got old and retired. It's the same with all the other guys - they are murdered or jailed. The title of the movie predicts its feebleness, because the fact that De Niro is an irishman is mentioned somehow, but it's not the most important thing about the his character and the plot itself. It's not even of medium importance. The film could easily be entitled 'Frank Sheeran", but wouldn't be that intriguing.