Pretty good memoir of a life of crime

Rating: 8/10 (8 December 2019)

I say all the CGi aging comments & I sorta agree. It made it hard to follow the flashbacks because of the discrepancy between how old they're supposed to be vs. how they looked. IDK much about this but I think they should have gotten a younger actor to play Sheeran in his 30-50 ages.
Maybe Colin Farrel, Ben Afflec or Leonardo DiCaprio (who could have carried the whole role, Then transitioned to Pacino in his 50s with the CGI & maybe some make-up or medical cosmetic de-aging.
Other than that I liked it. The characters were well-developed. The re-creation of 1970s urban life was great. The main characters acted well, especially Pesci. Some of the minor actors were surprisingly good: Ray Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Anna Paquin.
The plot had a lot more dialogue than action, so that may have made it seem slow to some. I thought it was pretty much necessary to tell the story. I thought it was interesting to see what it was like to be in the mob in that place and time, and how Sheeran fell into it because of what he learned in the army: shooting people & speaking Italian.
It definitely wasn't Baby Driver, but it was an interesting biography that kept my interest. I watched it over two night at home so maybe it felt longer in a theater.
t wasn't as much a crime movie, more of a memoir reflecting on a life a crime. It did a good job telling that story from one man's perspective.