The best Scorsese film since Goodfellas

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2019)

I just finished The Irishman and my heart is still racing. In the first 2.5 hours you have another beautifully crafted, well acted Scorsese mob drama that reunites all-stars of the genre in spectacular fashion. But it's the last 45 minutes that complete the experience. Watching an aging, depressed Sheeran gives you both sadistic pleasure and pure sympathy as he experiences a change of heart after it is far too late. The final minute is the best splice of cinema it's size that I've ever seen. The final scene is aesthetically simple and purely heart-wrenching. The whole film builds for the sole purpose of all collapsing on the protagonist in the final hour. A breakthrough in the genre and a career high for Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. A massive win for Netflix.