DON'T LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS!!'n

Rating: 10/10 (30 November 2019)

What an incredible work of art. Scorsese delivers not only one of his best films, but a great film PERIOD. Despite what some small minded viewers may think, this is NOT a film with washed up actors trying to revive their once promising career. No, this is a work of art, worth every minute, with veteran actors, writers and a director who knows the art of story telling.
DeNiro (Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran" delivers an emotional performance giving us an incredible insight into the life a reputed mafia hit man and glorified body guard. By the end of the film you can't help but almost feel bad for Sheeran and the loved ones whine were effected from his actions.
Side Note: I've read a lot of peoples reviews complaining because in the movie Sheeran doesn't have an Irish accent.. The real Frank Sheeran, even though he IS Irish, was born in Darby, Pennsylvania and he spent more time in Italy during World War II (411 day in combat) than he ever spent in Ireland. So that's a really poor reason to give a low rating for this movie.
Pesci comes out of a 20 year retirement to play the Pennsylvania mob boss Russell "The Quite Don" Bufalino. If your expecting Pesci to be the brutally violent and aggressive mafia soldier as he once was in Casino or Goodfellas, you've come to the wrong place. However, it's almost victorious to see Pesci portray and actual BOSS, as if we've seen him rise through the ranks of gangster cinema through the years and finally put him where he belongs. Pesci delivers a firm performance, mesmerizing the audience with his subtle body language and menacing stare downs as he vaguely orders certain hits throughout the film. If we don't see another film with Pesci in it again, I couldn't be more happy with this one we've been blessed to see.
Pacino absolutely steals the show! Jimmy Hoffa was one of the most famous people in the United states at one point, and DeNiro couldn't have said it best: "Young people nowadays have no idea who Jimmy Hoffa was..". As sad as that is, it couldn't be more accurate. I've read numerous books about Hoffa and Pacino did an incredible job bringing the late Teamsters President to life on the big screen. I've also read negative reviews about Pacino saying he "plays the same role he always plays" and that he just "screams" and "looks old". What people don't know is that Hoffa was an incredibly intense
Individual and cared about two things, and two things only: His family and the union. It breaks my heart to see Hoffas demise being that he was given numerous chances to buckle down but he couldn't stand by and let, what he thought, some low life gangsters come in and take his union over just because who they were or what they did or who they were connected with.
All in all, this film is an incredible work of art, mixed with subtle yet forgotten parts of history that shaped the future of this country forever (World War II, JFK election/assassination, Bay of Pigs fiasco, Cuba and the Havana Mob, Fidel Castro, The CIA, Nixon and Watergate". I feel like because Scorsese made an honest remark about the current popularity of super hero films, he will be getting more people saying negative things about it because based on bias opinions. Avengers: Endgame (Which I loved) was 30 minutes shorter than this and I never heard anybody complain, even when the best parts of that movie was the last 30 minutes. I love super hero movies ALOT. Im a huge fan. But The Irishman is an incredible film, no matter how you categorize it (Gangster/Mafia film, Drama, Crime, History, Based On Books ETC) it should and I think WILL, go down as one of the greatest films in our lifetime. 10/10, 5 stars, 100%, 2 thumbs up. I've seen this film almost 8 times already and twice in the theatres since November 8th, 2019. I stand by every word!