Well crafted movie, but ...

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2019)

... having read the book a week before viewing the movie, I just couldn't buy into 76-year-old, 5'8" Robert DiNiro as the 6'5" Frank Sheeran, even with all the computer wizardry.
Please don't get me wrong, his acting was, as always, superb, but the physical aspect of his performance was unconvincing.
For example, there's a scene where Sheeran beats up a shopkeeper who has upset his daughter. It should have reflected the brutal violence of Goodfellas, Casino etc, but end up looking like exactly what is ... and stiff old man, with failing relexes raining slow and weak-looking kicks and punches on his victim.
Anytime Sheeran is fleeing a crime scene, it reminds me of that old advert with Italian pensioners playing football.
Apart from that, it was an absorbing film, with Pacino stealing every scene he's in as the highly-strung and narcissistic Jimmy Hoffa.