Sally Bugs: I'm just trying to understand how a person can buy a fish and not know what kind it was.

Rating: 6/10 (1 December 2019)

The Irishman is Goodfellas all over again, without as much snap and an hour longer.
De Niro's too old to play this role, for the first part anyway, him attacking the grocer's laughable. The acting's solid, though I don't see much difference between Pacino here and his other characters. I was expecting Pesci to have an outburst when his wife lit up her cigarette in one of the opening scenes. It's obviously done to have that affect, showing he's a more refined character. Not memorable like in Goodfellas, but still decent. Hoffa being whacked the best part, also with Frank and Russell getting to that point, but the first half drags a fair bit.