A tedious tale starring old men past their prime

Rating: 5/10 (10 December 2019)

I was eagerly awaiting this movie to come out. I had to watch it on Netflix as my local cinema was having a refurb and I couldn't get to see it, and after the trailers I was really excited for it to come out.
We sat down on a wet Sunday and started the film off and almost straight away, I had found fault with this movie. The CGI de-aging of actors when done correctly looks good, but this doesn't. I was buzzing to see Joe Pesci back on the screen again as he is one of my favourite actors but what did they do to his mouth? At times it looked painted on, and poor Joe has jowels which added to the work but it made the entire bottom half of his mouth look 'out of sync' with the rest of his face. His character didn't do anything through the whole film and was more of homage to the actor I think rather than giving him a meaty role. Add to this the really odd relationship with Sheerans' daughter through the film, I found it quite laughable at times.
As for DeNiro, what was with the blue eyes? Why did they have to be SO blue? Add to this yet more ropey CGI, it started to make me realise that they should really have gotten actors to play the younger selves. A La Space Cowboys maybe. Add to this the perma-sneer that he had on his face when smiling made it laughable.
The stand out for me was Al Pacino playing Jimmy Hoffa. He nailed the part and he was probably the most interesting character in the film for me. Also, his de-aging was probably the best done.
A lot had been made in the press recently after Scorsese spoke out about the Avengers not being cinema. He maybe should have kept his mouth shut because at least they know how to do visuals. yes, the cityscapes and all that were top drawer (ILM) but the characters just didn't do it and considering the obscene amount of money it cost to make this film, I struggle to see where they spent it.
This should have been a swansong for many actors, but for me it was a movie too far and one I probably will never revisit again.