I celebrated 3 birthdays watching this!

Rating: Null/10 (28 December 2019)

Long, long and long! This is easily the longest movie I've ever sat through. It's a slow burn that never really catches fire. There's a dreadful amount of padding. I mean, we had to devote the final 20 minutes to watching the main characters grow old and die. I concur with other reviewers that it's a story that could easily be told in 90 minutes. But as we know, that isn't Scorsese's style. Don't get me wrong, I like many others have been big fans of his story telling. But it's gotten to the point where he can polish a stone and it will come out a critically acclaimed diamond. Joe Pesci and Ray Romano are the stand out performers. At the end of it, my wife regretfully said she could have watched an entire season of Jane the Virgin. I think she's got a point.