This movie is not a masterpiece

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2020)

Compared to most of the crap out there, it's good film. But when put side-by-side with Scorsese's most famous works, The Irishman misses by a mile. While most criticisms focus on the 3 1/2 hour length, the pace overall was nothing to find fault with. As most viewers will not see the movie in the cinema, and instead watch it in the comfort of their own homes, the duration won't be numbing in an uncomfortable theater seat.
As a general rule, film snobs will be the first to trash CGI in films, yet surprisingly there have been relatively few negative assessments of the digital nips and tucks to all three main actors in the story. Expensive as ILM's plastic surgery was, Pesci, DeNiro, and Pacino all looked, and unfortunately, acted like old men throughout.
What qualities do you, the viewer, look for in a film? If it's things like nostalgia, you'll probably love The Irishman.
But if you're the type of person that wants an emotional connection to a character or subplot, a surprise / twist, interesting camera angles, or something riveting that pulls you in, The Irishman fails on all counts.