Like a Good Aged Wine

Rating: 7/10 (24 February 2020)

Watching the ensemble cast of "The Irishman" is like savoring a quality, aged wine at home, whereas "Goodfellas" is savoring that same wine at a fancy restaurant surrounded by your best friends. This is indeed a fine film, beautifully acted, gorgeously shot, gracefully paced but falls short of being a masterpiece like "Taxi Driver", "Goodfellas" or even "Casino". The Jimmy Hoffa subject has been dealt upon in various other films, this one being perhaps the most thoroughly produced but still, a theme I've seen before.
I could easily watch Pacino, Pesci, Deniro and Keitel sitting in chairs for 3 hours doing nothing and I would still think it's great, but other people might just fall asleep. The movie, I think, could've been edited down to 2:30hrs and it would've made for a tighter story.
Still, "The Irishman" is worth the watch because some of cinema's greatest actors are in it, directed by one of Hollywood's most talented directors.