Not as much a film for the big screen as a Netflix miniseries

Rating: 6/10 (21 November 2019)

Size matters... or not, depending on the point of view of who is opining. But length matters for sure, independent on enything else. 3 h and 20 min???... are you sure Mr. Scorsese you have enough to tell to fill every minute of the footage with reasonably interesting scenes and dialogues?. Well, I understand that Netflix would not have put such a huge amount of money to gather such an splendid cast and offer such great production values should it not have received in turn a product that could be splitted in 3 or 4 parts for streaming broadcasting. But hey!, we went to the cinema to watch it, and the rules of the game are different here. No less than 1/3 of the film is redundant, uninteresting and lacking of rythm, and the second half ends up really boring and tiring. Interpretations are fine in general, great Pesci and Keitel, good De Niro, Ok Pacino (in line with his performances of the last 45 years); a pity that Anna Paquin and her character were not given more time and relevance in the film and instead so many tough guys hard-talk that goes nowhere is allowed so much footage time.
Finally, was it really necessary yet ANOTHER Mafia film with basically the same premises as the old good ones we all have in mind and in this occasion centered in a dark, and nowadays forgotten, personage as Jimmy Hoffa??. Silence was also a flawed film, but at least it had the interest of showing us some relevant historical events that are very unknown by the public. However, In the case of The Irishman, it all feels as a Déjà vu, a product crafted specifically for the show of a bunch of actors in the very last stages of their (otherwise) brilliant careers.... 6/10, mainly for respect to Mr. Scorsese and most of the actors, but actually it would deserve less.