another Italian-American movie... really..?

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2019)

This movie is a eulogy to the fake Italian-American accent gangster movies reproduced by Martin Scorsese. The acting was good, the story was good but I felt the story was over flooding with content to cover. The story was trying to make a screen adaptation of "I Heard You Paint Houses" about Jimmy Hoffa's rise and fall and his people that were there for his rise but not his fall, and then there was the original thought provoking story of Scorsese's gangsters getting a reality check. It was hard to keep watching after two hours, but I'm glad I kept watching. The digital makeup to make the actors look younger was uncomfortable to watch because I knew there was old men under there, but I think that was the point. Scorsese loves to make his watchers uncomfortable, and I appreciate it. Movies should challenge our emotions and thoughts just like a painting or book.
This movie is great for anyone who loves the long dialogue, suspenseful, violent, Italian-American gangster Scorsese films. But if you aren't a fan of that kind of movie, I wouldn't recommend you commit to watching it.