I was looking forward to this

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2020)

I was looking forward to this film so much but I don't feel it's the masterpiece it should have been.
Nobody can deny the skills of Al Pacino, De Niro, Scorcese and al, but I think this film was made too late.
Too late not because people don't want this kind of story anymore (they do); too late because the actors are too old for the roles.
While Al Pacino can pass as his character and the deaging looks ok on him, making him the most believable of the cast, the deaging really didn't work on Pesci whose neck is a dead giveaway of his real age, and both him and De Niro don't move and talk like younger mobsters with the bodies of younger men. Ultimately, they look like old men using a Snapchat filter, not multi million technology. Additionally the blue lenses on De Niro are just too distracting making him look he's got an eye disease, is high or both. Acting being also through the eyes, the lenses take away from that too much.
As for the story itself, it would have benefited from being shorter. At times it drags on too much making it boring. There are some really good moments, especially the scenes involving Hoffa (Al Pacino) where you get to understand the relationships and personalities. Other scenes don't feel necessary to advance the story or the characters.
It is a good film but with flaws. As much as I wanted it to be, it's not a 10/10