A Great Return & Reunion

Rating: 9/10 (28 December 2019)

The Irishman I felt was a great comeback for Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino, Pesci, and Keitel to be in the same movie together. It really took me by complete and total surprise.
The movie takes place in the 50s, and deals with truck driver Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) that is involved with a Pennsylvania crime family led by Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci). Frank climbs to the top of the ranks to be a massive hit man, and also works for Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), who tied to organized crime. Frank then now has to double his crime careers.
The Irishman was very good. I thought the story was great, the acting was great, and actually ran in a pretty impressive pace for 3 and a half hours long. All the cast members did a great job, but I was a bit disappointed by Joe Pesci. He didn't get to be a foul mouthed hothead like he was in Goodfellas or Casino, which was a bit sad because Joe Pesci wasn't in a big Hollywood film for two decades, and he makes his return here, and he plays a calm character. He did a great job, don't get me wrong, but I wish he got to be more funny and humorous. De Niro and Pacino did a fantastic job together. It was also really cool to see Ray Romano and Harvey Kietel in the film as well. I wish they brought actors like Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino in the film to make it even more of a purified gangster film, but it still turned out great in the end.
The film is as long as Godfather Part II, which is kind of unnecessary. For the story they had, they could of trimmed it down to a mere 2 and a half hours.
But nonetheless, The Irishman was basically a great reunion for the wiseguys, and I highly recommend you check it out.