It came full circle to see Joe Pesci's character talk about the character he also played in JFK.

As a character, I thought the Hoffa character was the only interesting one in the film - all others pretty one dimensional and rote. At least Hoffa, as portrayed, had some interesting internal conflicts. I thought his scenes with Pro were some of the more interesting in the film.

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It was an interesting story, it was well crafted, it was well acted - but I felt it was missing something compared to those past Scorsese mafia movies. Might have suffered from build up, not only contemporary reviews but those prior movies and the careers of Scorsese and the cast. I enjoyed it but don't feel like I'd want to rewatch as I have Goodfellas or Casino.

I do recommend it, it's good - just has so much to live up to.

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Agree completely.

For me at least, it's definitely a notch below the other Scorsese work mentioned here. I've watched Casino many many times and will watch again. I can't imagine sitting down and watching the Irishman a second time.

With the A list cast, & talent- Pesci steals every scene. He deserves every award coming to him.

I agree with the other assessments. It is not Marty's best work, & I personally couldn't get over DeNiro playing someone who's Irish. Changing his eyes became a little distracting. In Casino he didn't bother to change his NY accent over to a Chicago one, when Pesci did. But you overlook minor details when the movie is so damn good. The film is still solid, & from a historical perspective, a very interesting one.

I put this movie on par with Once Upon A Time in America.

I thought it was WAY too long and it didn't hold my interest

I liked it but I just lost interest and couldn't finish it.

I was most impressed with Silvio Dante's vocal range.

I don't agree that DeNiro plays the same character in all these movies. Both him and Pesci's characters in Goodfellas are downright scary people. In this, they're soft, reflective and loyal. Someone else describing Pesci's role in "The Irishman" as basically his cameo in "A Bronx Tale" extended over 3.5 hours is so spot-on.

I really like that this is a character study mostly on those who find themselves in the mob world. It was telling that Scorsese chose to introduce so many characters by telling you when and how they died. At the end, only one remains- Frank, who's left all alone. The main takeaway for me was that no matter how loyal you were, or if you were a rat- there's no happy ending at all for you

I was just totally underwhelmed by this movie. Party I guess because I felt it was too meandering and party because the "history" they present as fact in this movie is likely complete fiction.

It wasn't a bad movie but not one of Scorcese's best.

This was such a good Pesci performance to me.

Total opposite of his characters in Goodfellas/Casino.

Full disclosure... I think Scorsese is an ok film maker and but wildly overrated and this movie is a perfect example of why.

This was not a good movie. Time will give this the Gangs of NY treatment. Gangs of NY wasn't a good movie and people know it wasn't a good movie... but they blame it on something that wasn't really the problem with that movie... in Gangs of NY case, that was Cameron Diaz. This movie seems to already be gravitating towards the fake history as the problem with it that in time people will say made it not great.

In reality, like most Scorsese movies, this movie has some good moments but is completely disrespectful of the viewer's time. Want to know how I know it was a bad movie? The easy answer is that it was 3:10 long... but in reality, the reason it was bad is that it was redundant and no thought was put into what's necessary in the movie and what wasn't. It could have still been a character study and been like an hour shorter and not sacrificed a thing. No... the reason I know it was a bad movie is that I watched it in 4 sittings and didn't feel bothered, confused or that I missed a thing for doing it that way.

This is a movie that I feel the sum isn't as good as the parts. The acting is great, the writing is great and the directing is great, but the movie was just decent. The last movie I felt this way about was The Revenant. I can watch any 30 minute segment and really enjoy it, but taking in the whole movie was a chore.

Tectonic plates move faster than this movie. If it was 90 minutes it would have been an average flick. At 4 hours it's a complete waste of time.

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