Outstanding performances, but that's it

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2019)

I'm a fan of Scorsese, but 209 mins is ridiculous for this film. This could've been so easily trimmed to a max 120 mins by deleting many unnecessary and pointless scenes - or at least trimming them down, and it would've been a great film. I'm not sure if Steven Zaillian was bored and had nothing better to do than write a never-ending screenplay, as I feel an amateur writer could've assembled a better and more coherent script. Editing towards the end even got lazy. Scorsese's camera work was great, and the attention to detail in the production sets and costumes was incredible. But what stood out for me were the outstanding performances by De Niro, Pacino and the rest of the all-star greats, but Pesci stole the show. Great to see him out of retirement for this one. Had the pacing been faster and the film edited down to a comfortable viewing length, I would've rated this much higher than my 7/10.