Hugely disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (6 December 2019)

I consider myself a seasoned Scorsese fan but this was over hyped and underachieved. There is very little about this mammoth production that is memorable.There were certainly elements of greatness which are masterfully reflected in each star studded actors performances and Scorsese's flair for story telling on mixed timelines but there I wasn't a moment of the movie where I thought yes! That's the master at work.Pacino was horribly cast as Jimmy Hoffa and must have (true to his type) used the swear sucker at least 20 or thirty times. There's was just a point where that kind of language no longer propelled the script or mood. De Niro was cast correctly but his performance seemed kind of contrived.
and lackluster. I wanted more from Joe Pesci. He lacked the cruelty and ruthlessness he used to portray so-very well. It was a botched effort to keep the Casino/Goodfellas theme alive due to its lack of intensity. It was an attempt to stay true to those films but that was a mistake. There are much more compelling and exciting epics of history that Scorsese could have delved into. But since he insisted on performing the same old genre (this time focused on the Hoffa era) with the same old actors without really having his heart committed to the project which produced a 3 hour long sojourn into nothingness seems like a waste of time and money. Considering this would most likely be their last hurrah they didn't by any means go out with a bang. Just a tepid whimper. Let dead dogs lie.