a bit Alzheimery

Rating: Null/10 (28 November 2019)

You're going to be extremely confused watching this movie. Characters are haphazardly introduced with no explanation as to who they are, what family they are attached to, what position they hold in the hierarchy and why that matters in relation to Hoffa.
The movie was enjoyable to me, as I've watched every mob documentary under the sun and I literally fall asleep every night watching the "Inside The American Mob" docu-series (seriously!). So I had a base with which to place these characters inside the story.
Another issue I have with this movie is, it tells a story revolving around Jimmy Hoffa and never discusses Detroit or the Detroit family, who I could argue were more powerful than most of the New York families because the Detroit Mafia controlled The Teamsters. And thus, the Teamsters pension fund (as well as the Teamsters trucks, which were importing all the heroin into the U.S. from Canada at that time).
I found De niro's mumble mouth, stuttering narration to be extremely obnoxious and distracting. That guy is falling apart.
Pacino sucks in his old age. Nicholson crushed him in his portrayal of Hoffa.
Pesci was absolutely incredible in this. The man has still got it! A true master of his craft, unlike De niro and Pacino, who are all about the money these days and not crushing their performances.
All in all, a meandering, but enjoyable movie if you have a strong base knowledge of the New York mob.