You've Seen it All Already

Rating: 7/10 (30 November 2019)

Was this really necessary? A three and a half hour trope fest leading to two shots with a 38 in back of head. And guess what, the mob did it.
Of course, no well-established film reviewer will dare to mess with the Hollywood royalty, so let me tell you: you've seen it all already. The only difference this film makes from the rest of Scorsese's work is De Niro CGI-ed to a ridiculous extent so Pesci can call him "boy." The reason why this was called for is beyond this reviewer since "The Irishman" runs through almost five decades and the young (ish) Frank Sheeran could easily be played by an actor who is spry enough without computerized augmentation.
Other than that, the film seems almost as though Scorsese went around collecting and re-editing scenes from his greatest hits "Goodfellas", "Casino", "Mean Streets", "Raging bull", borrowing a few strokes from (what the hell) "Hoffa" and "JFK" - you get the idea. I'll bet, the director's cut is going to be named "The Passion of The Irishman", but we'll just going to have to see.