Enjoyable but not a masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (3 December 2019)

Masterpiece seems to be the "in" word in describing The Irishman. Sorry guys. It's not. The Godfather was. Once Upon A Time In America was. The Irishman on the other hand is nothing more than an enjoyable but overlong movie. It looks great and the cast of Hollywood royalty are terrific. The problem is that the story is far too slim to justify three and half hours and in the second half it becomes totally bogged down in the politics of the Teamsters which isn't in truth very interesting. It ends up looking like the director had made up his mind to make a 210 minute film, because that what he is known for, and made the story fit that time frame. That said it is well worth a watch but unlike his earlier films this isn't one I will be returning to anytime soon.