This is not one of Scorsese's better movies and it does little that is fresh and new--just mining the usual Mob vein with lots of talk among the wise guys, punctuated by periodic murders. De Niro's aging was clumsy and unconvincing. Though De Niro and Pesci give good performances, the movie drags interminably. I left for the middle hour and did not miss much. Al Pacino is badly miscast as Jimmy Hoffa--completely wrong in face, voice, and overall persona.
Review of The Irishman
