An American masterpiece.

Rating: 10/10 (6 December 2019)

A superlative mob film and an autumnal masterwork by America's greatest living director. Nobody would begrudge Scorsese for slacking off after making so many great films in a stellar career spanning more than five decades now, but he still shows a dedication to his craft that puts every other director to shame. Imbued with Scorsese's characteristic narrative energy, this film chronicling the life of mob hitman Frank Sheeran and his relationship with union boss Jimmy Hoffa is an intimate yet epic slice of American history. As is common with many late works of the great masters, the film is tinged with an added dimension of pathos and resignation; in the words of the characters in the film - "it is what it is". And what it is is one of the best American films of this decade.