Not as good as I expected and too long

Rating: 6/10 (4 January 2020)

With all the rave reviews my expectations were very high. I thought the movie was good, not great. Maybe it's just me but I thought it was at least 30 minutes too long. Pacino was excellent as Hoffa but DeNiro looked old and at times his acting was a bit puzzling. He stuttered at times, maybe purposely ... I don't know. But it came across as odd. He gets into a fight with a shop keeper and tosses him through a glass door and then pounds him into submission. He just didn't look physically capable. They needed to have someone younger playing the part of younger Frank Sheeran in his 30's/40's. DeNiro just didn't fit the part. Pesci looks REALLY old and tired. Make up and computer wizardry just didn't work in making him look younger. Jesse Plemons was superb as Chuckie, Hoffa's son. I thought Ray Romano was also very good as the attorney. Living in the midwest and knowing many in the Teamsters I had heard this story before. This is nothing new. And of course, there is still no verification that this actually happened. It's a famous director and famous actors playing out one of many tales of Jimmy Hoffa's demise.