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Rating: 4/10 (23 January 2020)

There's nothing fresh here. Growing up, Scorsese's movies were among my favorites. Yet, I feel there's nothing new here, no evolution, no depth. These are the same actors, the same script, the same everything, under different tints. In the case of De Niro, literally, with those unnatural blue eyes.
I feel like Pacino, De Niro, and Scorsese have really given all they could give through their art, their talent. De Niro's acting seems to be no different than it was decades ago; maybe it worked out brilliant a couple of times - Godfather II, Raging Bull, Heat -, but there's really nothing here. Al Pacino's mature characters seem to travel from one movie to the next, as an inter-dimensional traveler, giving out the same performances time after time. I was more impressed, though, by Joe Pesci, whose acting has more nuances. And Scorsese, the ultimate artist (lol), should go to a shrink and get over his obsession with the mafia. I, too, come from an Italian family, but there are other aspects in our parents' culture to be explored, Martin! Seriously, get over it!
This movie was incredibly boring and tedious. I have no problem with slow movies. I've watched Tarkovsky and love some lengthy Asian movies, for example. But this feels like a nightmare in which Scorsese dreams that he's Martin McIrish and his movies are about the Irish.