Sub par in every aspect

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2019)

Oh god how this movie drags along and is full of fillers which do not pose any importance from the storytelling importance. Not only are they unimportant but also confusing. An example of that is Franks daughter Peggy, who, since the start of the movie is a completely unnecessary character but yet throughout the years we see camera zooming in on her odd qazes and facial impressions as of they mean anything. Throughout the movie the dialogue between some of the main characters and Peggy has a innuendo and is awkward to watch. One could argue that it's important since in the end Frank's daugther figures out what he has done and disappears from his life. Wrong! This is a stretch given how the father-daughter relationship was portrayed during this excessively long movie.
Also, the entire thing isn't believable even with the deaging. They wanna tell a story of a semi young guy who works his way through the ranks in some 30 years or so. De Niro and the rest of the group looked old to begin with so it was difficult to understand the timeline advancement in the movie. Also, De Niro can try as much as he'd like but he had a posture of an old man from the start. The stunts and fight scenes were also laughable. De Niro beating up a grocery store guy wa so fake and you could see from a mile away he wasn't actually touching the guy. Almost every gangster in the movie was a senior.
Given the length of the movie, it's absolutely unclear how de niro became such a man of power because the entire film is just a bunch of hints and mainly him standing on the sidelines when something important takes place.
This attempt was just weak and embarrassing.