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2019
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The Irishman
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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4.5
After a lifetime of dispassionate bloodshed, of getting his hands dirty without a second thought, Frank finally pulls an assignment he doesnt want.
Av Club
5.0
The reunion of the De Niro, Pesci and Scorsese triumvirate has been justly feted, with The Irishman being the directors best work since Goodfellas and ..
Den Of Geek
4.5
If you find it indulgent though, then please let us indulge the filmmakers who have much to share about the wasted lives Frank Sheeran left in his wak ..
Den Of Geek
2.0
It may be the 76 year old directors most stylishly daring work: one thats pointedly sapped of style.
EW
4.4
An asset because it really feels like youre talking to someone about their life.
Rogerebert
5.0
Yet its an exquisite looking movie, with nary an unnecessary move.
Common Sense Media
3.0
Its all amiably familiar, bloody and gnarly but done with wry humor.
Indie Wire
4.5
Then suddenly shes grown, and her silence isnt so easily dismissed.
Variety
4.5
Bound to a wheelchair, hes the rocklike object of Scorseses gliding camera.
We Got This Covered
4.0
De Niros Sheeran, like the monks wrecked by spiritual compromise in Scorseses magnificent Silence, cant express his own pain.
Time Out
4.0
For all its flash back/flash forward tricksiness, The Irishman rarely seems disjointed or thematically fractured.
The Guardian
4.0
Though the de aging effects dont quite hold up in stills floating around the internet, theyre barely noticeable in the film itself, the smoothed out w ..
The Guardian
5.0
And all given a queasy new resonance of political conspiracy and bad faith.
The Guardian
4.4
The film demonstrates the power of simply inhabiting a tension and absorbing its complications, rather than demanding a resolution.
4.4
The Irishman isnt a soaring achievement: Its a deliberate, thoughtful and somewhat muted one.
4.5
The Irishman is vintage Scorsese, with an often sinuously moving camera, occasional break the fourth wall monologues, wicked wise guy humour, and expl ..
Screen Daily
3.0
Despite its mammoth 3 1/2 hour runtime, The Irishman never feels bloated.
Collider
4.5
Three master actors at work Along with having one of the greatest directors of all time, it doesnt hurt to have three of the greatest actors of a gene ..
Collider
4.5
Forget that its a touch too long and the much ballyhooed de aging technology doesnt always cast a perfect spell; the movie zips along at such a satisf ..
Vulture
4.5
And for all of the films patently suspect foundation on the deathbed boastings of a sociopathic career criminal a, lets say, problematic technicality ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
And sometimes, a film gets an inexplicable pass, like Buster Keaton going full blown Johnny Reb in The General in 1926.
4.5
Its a tough movie thats willing to snuff our idealism about America in WWII.)
The New York Times
1.5
In The Irishman, hes in self reflection mode, glancing at his career long search for God while pondering his own age.
Paste Magazine
4.6
In The Irishman, hes in self reflection mode, glancing at his career long search for God while pondering his own age.
Paste Magazine
4.6
With capturing pure general laughter or indescribable anger, Prieto finds lifes unutterable harmony and malice in each frame.
IGN
5.0
Blending together dark humor, brutal violence, documentary like realism, a dazzling formal approach and a keen ear for the music of both the dialogue ..
E Film Critic
5.0
The old masters at work here, including Scorsese and his longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker, seem to disregard anything noisy or inessential and get t ..
E Film Critic
5.0
But what lifts The Irishman head and shoulders above every other recent crime film is that it doesnt end when the bodies are buried and the gangsters ..
Telegraph
3.5
If The Irishman is destined to be Scorseses last film its certainly a good one, a harrowing plea for forgiveness and compassion in the face of lonelin ..
The Young Folks
5.0
Of course, Scorsese delivers a stunning, gangster flick but The Irishman is so much more, a melancholy eulogy for growing old and losing your humanity ..
4.5
The Irishman is larger in scale than anything ever done before, and its stunning just how utterly captivating it is at every moment.
Cinema Blend
4.5
Pretty much delivers the last word on the gangster film as a genre, and ranks as one of the handful of truly great films to come out over the last few ..
JoBlo
4.5
Hes not just rehashing prior mobsters hes played; De Niro does a great job exploring Franks layers, crafting a performance thats equal parts entertain ..
Screen Rant
5.0
Here, theres a pronounced ricketiness to the supposedly youthful version of Sheeran an auto tuned lumbering that should be a natural sprint.
The Globe And Mail
3.0
A drama with three great performances which almost rise above the retread of a screenplay.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
A long but richly textured, melancholy elegy about a way of life ostensibly based on comradeship but really founded on selfishness and violence.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
De aged DeNiro punches and kicks like hes scared hes going to break a hip.
Rogers Movie Nation
4.4
Although the company doesnt release viewing figures, one has to wonder whether Roma wasnt as big a streaming hit as it was with critics.
ReelViews
3.0
It connects on a cellular level and a cinematic one, with Scorsese channeling the spirit of Clint Eastwoods Unforgiven, concluding an iconic portion o ..
Blu Ray
5.0
The Irishman is a movie that knows weve seen the best of these men for decades... and Scorsese uses that familiarity, that memory, to mine deeper leve ..
Tv Guide
4.4
Even in the face of death, hes looking for one last out, but the jokes on him: The executioner doesnt change his mind once the grave has been dug.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Martin Scorsese has created an epic tome that covers modern history and theorizes on the life and times of Frank Sheeran.
3.0
...both classic Scorsese and a departure, a mob film featuring music evocative of the time yet no Rolling Stones...youthful ambition now aged remorse, ..
4.4
Entrancing doesnt begin to describe Vitalina Varela (2019), the latest by Pedro Costa, another practitioner of moody moving images.
Usa Today
4.4
...an ambitious and mostly successful triumph that more than makes up for Scorseses last few misfires.
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
There was a real pleasure in seeing Scorcese... doing this sort of stuff that he became known for and celebrated for.
You Tube
2.0
Scorcese has made a film brimming with quiet power and subtle tension.
You Tube
4.3
This may end up being the quintessential film of late era Martin Scorsese...One of the best movies of the year.
You Tube
4.5
But its a marvel to watch the piece as a whole, with its shifting tones, laugh out loud funny breaks, and its sneaky, very human heartbeat.
You Tube
4.5
The cast was phenomenal, the story itself was just very invigorating and full of plot twists.
You Tube
5.0
A three and a half hour movie would usually drag, but I never felt that with this when you have a director and actors making every moment count.
You Tube
2.5
Three hours of Godfather wannabe. Acting good as is scenery but the story is DOA.
You Tube
4.5
You got Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and Joe Pesci in one movie... Its good to see them back again.
You Tube
4.5
It was engaging, thought provoking, insightful, everyone in the movie did a great job.
You Tube
4.5
In the final half hour the movie transmutes from a crime story to a requiem of sorts. This is a man of violence, looking back at the wreckage, looking ..
You Tube
4.0
The finished film, however, is an entirely different, more measured experience.
The Times
5.0
If Mean Streets was a firecracker tossed into the audiences lap and Goodfellas was a meteor burning up in its own heat, then The Irishman is a reminde ..
The Times
3.0
Frank doesnt really seem to change much from the films beginning to its end.
Lariat
4.0
Thats more high praise for Wolf than a putdown of The Irishman, which is a fine film in its own right, if something short of a masterpiece.
News Review
5.0
The actors Goodfellas showboating is replaced by a quiet intensity thats even more chilling.
Rolling Stone
5.0
This isnt shouted loudly, but its impossible to miss within the storys singular, personal perspective.
Shadows On The Wall
4.5
The Irishman is both a funny, fast paced gangster film and a slow moving reflection on aging, mortality, and the passage of time.
Decider
4.0
This is a gritty, pitiless expos that offers no absolution for its foot soldiers. Scorsese alerts you in the films opening scene that things are going ..
Pop Matters
4.5
But theres more to this reconsideration of perceived glories past.
The Wrap
4.4
Unexpectedly, theres also more humor than usual here, as Scorsese gently pokes fun at the very mob movie cliches nicknames, untimely deaths, tacky wed ..
News Day
3.5
When Frank in his old age says, You dont know how fast time goes by until you get there, the autumnal tone rings false.
Cs Monitor
5.0
But you cant know all there is to know about The Irishman until youve seen it. (
New York Post
4.5
In its final moments, The Irishman shrugs off its bravado and transforms into a melancholy meditation on ageing.
Hindustan Times
5.0
If youre hoping for a thrill ride like Goodfellas, however, youll be disappointed, although thats the only way you could be.
Az Central
4.5
This time, the camera isnt following The Irishmans gangland narrator.
Npr
4.5
Like Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann, hes just following orders.
Star Tribune
5.0
STC The acid drip of expediency erodes a mans soul in Martin Scorseses epic masterpiece The Irishman, a distinctly American tragedy where fact seems l ..
Toronto Star
4.5
And thats why everything Scorsese has done with The Irishman makes the film a true masterpiece.
Reel Talk Reviews
5.0
Film critic Farran Smith Nehme gives us Gangsters Requiem, an excellent and insightful 22 minute video essay that explores how the film fits into Scor ..
Q Network
4.5
But what all that doesnt tell you is that The Irishman is every bit as clever, startling, violent, and obsessively purposeful as the colorful metaphor ..
Salon
4.5
Advertisement Frank is a kind of mashup of Henry Hill and Forrest Gump; hes a war hero, hes a dirtbag.
Slate
4.0
It distils the crucial elements of the book and interrogates the gangster flick with a wistful eye.
Flim List
4.5
The Irishman feels like Martin Scorseses Citizen Kane. I dont mean it in the sense its his greatest film or the greatest film of all time. Rather, in ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
The film doesnt delve deep enough into the friendship between Sheeran and Hoffaa notable flaw in a movie without a lot of them.
Film Inquiry
4.5
There are decisions made here that show Scorsese at his finest, most methodical, and I love it. It takes its time, such as the slow ticking of life, w ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
Coldly credible and captivating, showing cinematic masters at the top of their game
Susang Ranger
5.0
In regards to narrative, thats really all that should be said about The Irishman.
Flickering Myth
5.0
He offers a beautifully precise, intricate and genuinely engaging story whilst managing to avoid shock value in favour of authenticity.
Flickering Myth
5.0
These two actors do exactly what you hope of them, a timely reminder that their reputations justifiably proceed them.
Flickering Myth
4.5
This adaptation of Charles Brandts book I Heard You Paint Houses is far more elegiac than bloody.
Flim Threet
4.5
You dont want to cross him, but hes good natured and well intentioned that you must be a huge prick to piss him off in the first place.
New Yorker
5.0
He can barely keep his eyes open, even over the phone; it feels like hes praying for a forgiveness that may never come.
New Yorker
4.5
Zaillians messy script, an ambitious assemblage of timelines, takes its time to fully immerse the viewer into its world.
Time
3.0
With precision, style, and a surprising amount of humor, its the ultimate old man movie and I dont mean that as a diss.
The Film Stage
4.4
It moves forward and backward and sideways, getting more unpredictable and compelling as it goes.
Chicago Tribune
3.5
De Niro is good once hes no longer the youthful version of Frank.
Bullz-Eye
5.0
I dont even think he cares that Pacino doesnt much resemble the real Hoffa.
Boston Globe
2.0
It wouldnt be the first time Scorsese based a movie on the account of an unreliable narrator.
Uproxx
4.5
Besides, the entire tale here is from Franks point of view theres always a chance hes an unreliable narrator.
Uproxx
5.0
But we hardly need to say that if youre lucky enough to be near a theatrical screening then thats where The Irishman should be seen.
The Irish Times
4.5
His Hoffa is the chaotic center of most of The Irishmans action and tension: a man who thrives on power and doesnt know how to behave as it starts to ..
The Atlantic
2.5
So whats the problem Maybe its that watered down sense of deja vu thats inescapable throughout.
Lyles Movie Files
4.0
Of course, the fact that hes the one who murdered the man doesnt help.)
Birth Movies Death
4.0
If this is something of a tall story, though, its an irresistible one, with Pesci and Harvey Keitel (in a small role) especially sharp.
Standard
3.0
Doom waits around every corner for characters whose perception of reality isnt all that its cracked up to be.
Coles Mithey
4.5
At once fresh and pleasantly familiar, innovative and nostalgic, watching The Irishman feels like meeting an old friend for the first time the sort of ..
Pajiba
3.0
Whenever anybody says theyre a little concerned, Frank informs in voiceover, theyre very concerned.
Detroit News
4.5
He can barely keep his eyes open, even over the phone; it feels like hes praying for a forgiveness that may never come.
Firstpost
1.5
No, the movie didnt need to be this long... If the portions are too big, though, at least its a gourmet meal.
Cnn
3.5
Scorseses latest, The Irishman, isnt going to lead to that sort of misunderstanding.
Forbes
5.0
Stand by for the very final, utterly unforgettable shot of The Irishman for lasting proof of an established cinematic master still looking to prove so ..
Herald Sun
2.0
Anchoring the drama are three tremendously effective contrapuntal performances.
Consequence Of Sound
4.5
is lively and wry and very funny, but at times it also feels like a confession, a plea for grace, not just from its protagonist but from the filmmaker ..
Vox
5.0
And by the end, the vision coheres into one final nub thats profoundly unnerving.
Hey U Guys
2.0
The Irishman is a major success for Scorsese, incorporating the best aspects of his past crime dramas and their thrilling energy while adding context ..
The Play List
5.0
If you dont live in a major city, seeing The Irishman in a cinema isnt even an option.
Now Toronto
4.5
Scorseses lets inspect the gangster milieu again endeavour raises great expectations, which it does fulfill to a fair extent.
Scroll
4.5
With three consistent lead performances and an unmistakable triumph for Scorsese, it is one of the finest crime films in recent years.
Film School Rejects
5.0
Its absolutely terrific, with a ton of gallows humor and surprising emotional heft at the end.
Film Ink
4.5
The Irishman offers another vivid, indelible portrait of humanity...while forging ahead with a style and creativity that feels invigorating, vital and ..
Ner Dist
4.5
This is not as distracting as it sounds, since Scorsese doesnt push it too hard.
The Age
2.5
But unlike in Goodfellas, the biographical chronicle doesnt always feel as if its heading toward something concrete.
5.0
With The Irishman, Scorsese offers us his first truly autumnal film a picture about ages slow, inevitable decline.
Cine Vue
4.5
The Irishman is Scorseses elegy to the gangster picture. Every inch of the way, he demystifies the glamour of the mafia; stripping away layers of the ..
La Weekly
5.0
This sprawling epic soars with artistic brilliance on every level, is superbly acted, rich in period detail, gorgeously photographed and has a tremend ..
Mirror
5.0
The finished film, however, is an entirely different, more measured experience.
Games Radar
4.5
A cinematic behemoth that dives deep into the Scorsese verse. All actors kill it, but Joe Pesci steals it.
You Tube
5.0
If youre as strong as the sum of your parts, The Irishman is a diamond clad instant classic.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
5.0
It doesnt matter who you are: as long as youre breathing youre afraid of dying.
Lw Lies
4.5
Scorsese manages to fashion a moving work thats empathetic and also boldly critical.
Abc
5.0
Though Id still say if youre not seeing it in a theatre, youre missing out.
Nz Herald
4.5
But that aligns with the reflective nature of the film it doesnt break the narrative to perceive an aged Sheeran inhabiting his younger self.
Nz Herald
4.0
Sign up for Flicks updates To be sure, this isnt a case of Scorsese limping to the finish line.
Flicks
4.5
The Irishman is an exceptional film and the final 20 minute coda elevates the movie beyond a historical blow by blow of the life and times of Jimmy Ho ..
Stl Today
4.5
The end result is still stunning: A saga thats horrifying and funny and melancholy, sometimes in different scenes, sometimes all at once.
The Stranger
3.0
And you might as well end it with The Irishman a triumph filled will splendor and sorrow.
Cleve Land
4.0
After a few minutes, your eyes just accept the illusion, although De Niros older, stiffer physicality sometimes remind you hes not as young as the man ..
Screen Crush
5.0
Its masterful filmmaking that sadly doesnt make room for a complicated female character like Casinos Ginger McKenna or Goodfellas Karen Hill.
Ft
4.5
Netflix The Irishman feels like a welcome throwback to pre blockbuster event cinema of the 1970s.
Stuff
4.5
In a very real sense, Martin Scorsese is fighting against his own mythic legacy. In another way, of course, his return to the form in which he made so ..
Ar Kansas Online
4.5
Scorsese isnt Quentin Tarantino, he doesnt make a party out of murder.
Ar Kansas Online
4.5
With a script with a high level and an impeccable casting, we are facing an indispensable film.
4.5
The Irishman is another reaffirmation that Scorsese is not replaceable.
3.5
It is definitely a Scorsese type A, but the lowest film in that category.
4.4
...a wake for a genre Scorseses personal type of guilt soaked, blood spattered, Catholic gangster films in particular.
Larsen On Film
3.5
This isnt Ray Liotta declaring My whole life I wanted to be a gangster!
Vanity Fair
4.0
The freedoms afforded Scorsese by the Netflix largesse arent always beneficial.
The Arts Desk
5.0
The film casts Sheeran (De Niro) as a sort of pistol packing Zelig.
The Arts Desk
5.0
Rest assured, you will want to set aside a whole evening for this and then want to watch it again straight away.
The Sun
4.5
Feels genuinely new and deeply satisfying for its subtlety, wit and resonance; for its serenely confident technique, meaning no truck with fancy trick ..
Wsj
5.0
Scorsese delivers a powerful film with this stellar cast of heavy Hollywood hitters.
Tell-Tale TV
4.5
At 209 minutes, The Irishman impressively never misses a beat, nor wavers in momentum.
Matts Movie Reviews
4.0
Pacinos performance is the showiest, but The Irishman wouldnt work without a quiet performance from Pesci or the heart and heartbreak that De Niro bri ..
Daily Dot
3.5
The Irishman isnt a bad movie its great looking and Pacino gives a peppy performance as Hoffa.
The Filmy Ap
3.0
Pacino still cant resist the unnecessary uh ha moments, but hes still thrilling as a guy whose charm is as disarming as his thugishness.
Patriot Ledger
5.0
The 3 1/2 hour running time also hits the sweet spot between a theater sitting and home binge watching.)
Sltrib
5.0
Nevertheless, The Irishman doesnt fully engage until its second actwhen the former meat shipper becomes bodyguard and enforcer for Hoffa.
Film
4.4
Scorsese takes a decidedly non sentimental approach here and its bravura filmmaking he doesnt sentimentalize these men or excuse their choices.
4.5
Through them, Scorsese finds something of a comfort zone to ground The Irishmans lofty ideas in.
Ign
5.0
This is the best movie of the year so far and one of the best films of the decade.
Chicago Sun Times
3.5
That Scorsese is spinning a reflective, soulful gangster narrative is a sign of the directors continued growth, even at this latter stage of his caree ..
Punch Drunk Critics
2.5
... like Scorsese trying to out runtime Quentin Tarantino... the retreaded framework of 1995s Casino... plus two hours of indulgent padding.
Movie Crypt
4.5
The real Sheerans confessions have come under renewed scrutiny, since theres no one around to refute them.
Straight
3.0
In no time, youre laughing harder than when watching Rob Mad Max Reiner field a call during The Equalizer.
Sandiego Reader
4.5
That ambition doesnt come without challenge either, let alone a necessary application.
We Live Entertainment
4.5
The Irishman not only reveals what Scorsese was aching to convey all along, but also provides a new perception, a fresh meaning, to his previous work.
Film Companion
4.0
It is harder to get more back to basics than A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.
Straits Times
4.0
Hes calloused to killing, neglectful of his family, and wrapped up in mafia life, but doesnt crave power or wealth over companionship.
Dead Line
4.5
With its unbounded energy, The Irishman feels like the work of a young, hungryno, voraciousdirector.
Film Comment
5.0
This sprawling epic soars with artistic brilliance on every level, is superbly acted, rich in period detail, gorgeously photographed and has a tremend ..
One Room With A View
5.0
Most of Franks career doesnt happen without meeting Pennsylvania mobster Russell Bufalino (Joe Pesci).
Solzy At The Movies
4.5
He doesnt drink, or allow others to consume booze in his presence.)
Flavor Wire
4.4
The most fiercely Catholic of movie auteurs twists the narrative knife by seducing us with sympathy for a monstrous mobster, then forcing us to later ..
Daily Herald
3.0
...still a treat for us to see these giants of cinema coming together to do their thing but the wear is beginning to show, even if the will is strong ..
The Shiz Nit
4.4
The Irishman/Netflix Outside of the main trio, the extensive cast doesnt fare as well.
Awards Circuit
5.0
And all given a queasy new resonance of political conspiracy and bad faith.
Bitly
5.0
The film is ultimately about what an indistinct mulch life can be how little you can believe in if those closest to you are the ones you betrayed.
The Skinny
0.5
The Irishman feels more like being caught in a dream or reminiscence, with all the tenderness were willing to afford in those in between hours.
Polygon
2.0
This is the Scorsese of Silence, patient and methodical, and it brings out a subtle agony from De Niro one might have assumed the actor could no longe ..
Film Avclub
4.5
The films biggest, creepiest problem lies behind De Niros fortysomething eyes or rather the films biggest, creepiest problem is that nothing lies behi ..
The Verge
4.5
As a work of entertainment, it has enough drama and humor to keep viewers invested.
Cbr
4.5
Early Frank Sheeran is the quintessential Scorsese character hes brash, proud, violent and damaged.
The Ooh Tray
2.5
Regrettably, Steven Zaillians screenplay doesnt show equal care for their insides.
Or Lando Weekly
3.0
Both fresh and reflective. Its an epic gangster film with a surprisingly poignant final kick.
Bowling Green Daily News
4.0
Thats a lot of pissiness, and I wont say that The Irishman doesnt deserve it, because it absolutely does.
Alternate Ending
4.5
No, Peggy doesnt talk much, and no, she is not a central character.
Lainey Gossip
4.4
The violence in The Irishman is both horrifying and briskly dispatched; it doesnt register much to Sheeran, so it isnt dwelled upon.
Seattle Times
3.0
And if you arent, well theres always Netflix and the beauty of the pause button and bathroom breaks.
The Mary Sue
4.5
In concert with the nostalgia evoked by its three stars, the films rear view mirror finds no exhilaration whatsoever in its mayhem, only a gray, achin ..
East Bay Express
4.0
Winding and anecdotal as The Irishman sometimes is, that last hour is up there with the best work Scorsese has done.
Seven Day Svt
3.0
More than 40 years on, if theres one thing we know about Hoffa, its that we dont.
National Post
3.0
While theres a tragic inevitability in Franks arc, theres black humour in the film especially in the euphemistic foreboding dialogue, taken to a Harol ..
Original Cin
5.0
The Ben Hur of gangster movies. Of course, Marty had to do it to em. He just had to do it to em.
Rendy Reviews
5.0
You dont want to cross him, but hes good natured and well intentioned that you must be a huge prick to piss him off in the first place.
Rendy Reviews
5.0
Its as much an indictment of most of what weve seen from Scorseseboth in The Irishman and what has come before itas any filmmaker has ever attempted.
Third Coast Review
4.5
The overwrought Irishman resembles an American kabuki play about sin that also relishes sin. It epitomizes the degradation of where we are today.
National Review
1.5
Scorsese opus No. 25, The Irishman, features a lot of the strengths of those earlier films, but while its a good film, it isnt a great one... Scorsese ..
National Review
4.5
The pictures virtues, and its affectingly plangent mood, outweigh any not so special effects.
New States Man
4.5
The Irishman sees everyone bringing their A game. The way the cast interacts is like music. Each seasoned player riffing off the other but never grand ..
The New Paper
5.0
The off kilter but strangely agreeable surf tinged soundtrack could have been plucked from The Ventures.
Cultured Vultures
4.5
The Irishman lavishes the leisurely tempo and generous duration of epics like Luchino Viscontis The Leopard.
New City Film
4.4
The Irishman, like The Departed before it, doesnt improve the crime drama genre in which he made a name for himself.
Cinema Sight
5.0
Anyway, consider The Irishman an entirely transporting experience.
Toronto Sun
4.0
Robert De Niro underwent some techno youth ification in The Irishman. (
Theepoch Times
5.0
The new Scorseses work squeezes each frame of its almost three and a half hours to put the viewer to do something to which contemporary Hollywood cine ..
4.5
The familiar Scorsesean virtue of good acting from all quarters prevails here.
Fw Weekly
5.0
The movie is based on Charles Brandts book about Sheeran, titled I Heard You Paint Houses.
Datebook Sfchronicle
4.4
Theres a long conversation about fish in one of the tensest stretches that is delightfully funny and natural, and an amusing running thread about Hoff ..
Ap News
4.0
Of course, theres a notable lack of women that tends to run through Scorseses work.
Columbus Alive
3.8
If The Irishman isnt quite the magnum opus one would expect or desire, its still a solid motion picture.
Film Frenzy
5.0
With this masterpiece, Scorsese shows hes not ready to go gentle into that good night.
Sf Examiner
4.4
The Irishman delivers an epic length tale of gangsters lurking in plain sight, a tale worthy of Scorseses legacy.
Hollywood Into To
3.8
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Us Magazine
4.5
Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro are giving career best nuanced performances with stellar direction from Martin Scorsese. The 209 minutes goes b ..
Wp Me
4.5
In the end when Sheeran has to make a moral choice, hes tragically lost.
Vulture
5.0
The movies passing parade of gangsters and goodfellas dont have the electric specificity of 2013s The Wolf of Wall Street or the still, hymn like beau ..
Am Ny
4.5
The gangsters in The Irishman live the same life for too long, but Scorsese and his troupe avoid the same end. They are still kicking down doors, look ..
Washington City Paper
5.0
The Irishman is one of the best films of the year...a meditation on morality and mortality, a look at what it means to live a good life and what it me ..
1.5
Scorsese examines men flawed, compelling, uncompromising everyman.
Dark Horizons
5.0
The director creates a fascinating and frightening world with its own heroes and villains and the rules that govern them both rules that are exceeding ..
Toledo Blade
4.5
Through them, Scorsese finds something of a comfort zone to ground The Irishmans lofty ideas in.
Thril List
0.5
I wasnt bored for a single minute which, given there are 210 of them, has to be a triumph, surely.
Spectator
4.5
Hes one of the great living film artists but hes generally an entertainer as well.
Battleship Pretension
4.4
The whole saga an American history lesson told wittily through the eyes of an amiable hitman strolling in the shadows of icons grips and holds with fe ..
Cambridge Day
4.5
In more practical terms, the films version of what might have happened to Hoffa doesnt seem too far fetched either.
Entertainment Voice
3.0
Its a slow burn, and one that rewards patience and understanding.
The Only Critic
4.5
Its a marvelous cast and obviously who doesnt want to work with Scorsese THE IRISHMAN is a Netflix film.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
5.0
De Niro is strong, maintaining Sheerans bottled up personality throughout.
Heral
4.5
An emotionally brutal piece from one of our finest filmmakers, as he captures the corrosion of the human soul.
Firstpost
4.0
The Irishman is a much more deliberate and weighty gangster film by comparison, Goodfellas is a riot. But its a vibe that works in its gravitas.
News
5.0
In Scorseses masterful hands it becomes an American tragedy writ large, a sweeping portrait of great potential cut down by greed and corruption, and a ..
The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
1.3
Worse, with a mostly passive character as its protagonist, The Irishman can barely muster the energy for what could be a fascinating examination of th ..
Film Festival Today
3.5
Producer/director Martin Scorseses latest is an almost overwhelmingly epic drama that forms a pseudo trilogy with his Good Fellas and Casino but is ev ..
Adelaide Review
3.0
This isnt another version of Mean Streets (1973) or Goodfellas (1990).
Mac Guff
4.5
The Irishman is yet another jaw droppingly intense and profoundly exhilarating picture from Martin Scorsese that is boosted by its three lead performa ..
Battle Royale With Cheese
4.5
Hes vulgar, witty, insanely charismatic and dangerously prideful and Pacino nails every aspect.
Battle Royale With Cheese
3.0
Its a film that deserves your full attention, enjoying its immersive world and wondering about the inner lives of its hard to read characters.
Crooked Marquee
3.8
Though this is a lucidly told and often engrossing labyrinth of a tale, its also a bit hollow at its center.
Film Forward
4.5
Meanwhile, at its textual roots, The Irishman is a bittersweet meditation on aging metaphors I can be deep, you know.
Geek Girl Authority
4.0
Theres a quietly menacing suspense thats told in the most engrossing way that it never feels slow.
Screen Zealots
4.5
Scorsese, for his part, doesnt tailor his style around accommodating the CGI.
The Spool
5.0
The Irishman is a masterpiece and one of Martin Scorseses most ambitious works to date. Its also one of his very best. Believe the hype.
Hollywood News
1.5
The Irishman stuns with its attention to detail except for that one thing: the basic truth.
Kdhx
4.5
This isnt atypical in Scorseses work, which rarely centers on women.
The Week
5.0
Franks story is sadder, unflashy it doesnt make you want to join the mob party.
Aarp
4.5
Its fascinating to see how Scorsese revisits flourishes from his past films but with this sense of an old mans weariness. But it reflects the wearines ..
Kpbs
1.5
The Irishman, which Id hoped would be his piece de resistance, his final say on what he had to say about the gangster genre that, with few exceptions, ..
Saportare Port
4.5
De Niros restrained, self contained performance contrasts perfectly to Pacinos more energetic illuminative presence.
Geeks Of Color
4.5
Its as if the director was out to prove, once and for all, that hes the last member of the movie brat generation whos still got it. And got it, he doe ..
Esquire
4.5
Yet, theres something about Pacinos take on the character you cant help but adore.
Splice Today
4.0
The story is based on Charles Brants true crime book I Heard You Paint Houses, a biography of Sheerans life of crime.
Parade
4.5
Im trying to hide the impact it has caused me. Its a monumental work on the decline of the American gangster.
4.5
Scorsese, De Niro, Pacino and Pesci, all deliver big time in this powerful and epic reunion of cinema legends.
4.5
The Irishman is not binge worthy, but thats because its not fast food.
The News Minute
4.0
While Scorsese doesnt let his protagonist off the hook he never does theres a merciful air to the heartrending final shots.
Bbc
4.5
Zaillian (and most likely Scorsese, in concert with his abiding editor Thelma Schoonmaker) structures The Irishman along three tracks of time that win ..
Cinema Scope
3.8
Scorseses return is nostalgic and full of special effects. Its story remains comfortably humble in the face of typical scrutiny by todays audiences. .
4.0
Its not that he doesnt care, its more that he simply feels no remorse.
Entertainment Ie
4.0
The pice de rsistance is the remarkably mournful final act: an apt end point for Scorseses career long interest in tales that detail the price that co ..
Patrick Nabarro
4.5
But thanks to De Niro and Pescis skillful, soulful performances, it quickly becomes barely noticeable.
Buffalo News
4.0
The contrast in the acting styles of Pacino, De Niro and Pesci are predictable, yet gripping in this mob drama. Director Martin Scorsese is in his ele ..
Movies and Shakers
4.5
De Niros face tells much of the story even when he isnt speaking.
Leonard Mal
4.5
Although hes capable of great violence and can mete it out on a moments notice, Frank seems mostly content to sit quietly in the backgrounds of Scorse ..
Vogue
4.5
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The Popcorn Junkie
3.0
As an Irishman caught up in the Mafia world, De Niros Sheeran doesnt fit in.
City Beat
4.5
Except Sheerans loyalty isnt blind: its informed, cognizant, and still obedient.
The Tyee
4.5
It drags at points, its pace undermines whats otherwise an insidious visual sense, and the line between archetype and stereotype isnt as fine tuned as ..
Film Monthly
3.5
Beyond that, De Niro, Pesci and Pacino lead some of the best ensemble acting of the year.
Sa Current
4.5
Pacino fills Hoffa with an electric mix of dangerous bravado, unapologetic corruption and dogged sincerity.
Maddwolf
4.5
In his best film since Goodfellas, Scorsese serves up a sprawling epic that just gets more enthralling as it winds through its extensive but necessary ..
The Jam Report
4.5
The movies relationship with reality has little importance considering its stateliness and the incredible performances from De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci ..
La Nación (Argentina)
5.0
Few films can justify a length longer than 90 minutes, but even at three and a half hours, Martin Scorseses melancholy mob movie The Irishman still fe ..
Student Edge
5.0
A powerful, mature and intelligent film that only Marty could ever make.
2.0
Hes workmanlike about his actions and doesnt have much guilt or conflict about them.
rachelsreviews.net
4.5
Zaillians messy script, an ambitious assemblage of timelines, takes its time to fully immerse the viewer into its world.
Worldo Free L
1.5
Scorsese has never been drawn to presenting actual history. ... The director has done little to add to the publics knowledge about Jimmy Hoffa or the ..
World Socialist Web Site
4.4
You dont want to see these guys ever have a falling out, even as its inevitable.
812 Film Reviews
5.0
That, however, isnt a detraction from the movie itself, just an observation.
What I Watched Tonight
2.0
The Irishman feels like an artist struggling with his legacy, delivering a capstone on a career pocked with gangster films in suiting philosophic mann ..
Silver Screen Riot
4.0
The entertainment value of art, however, isnt obligated to prove its worth beyond hearsay.
Jaredmobarak
5.0
The way the plots are spun, taking into account the bulky footage, is very admirable .
El antepenúltimo mohicano ..
4.5
If theres a complaint, its that hes too reserved, which isnt helped by the omnipresent de aging technology.
Houston Press
4.5
It has the wisdom that can only come with advanced age, and that wisdom coexists with heartache.
Brightest Young Things
4.5
Who knew that an extended discussion about types of fish could be so nerve wracking and entertaining Discussing Sheerans crimes (bombing out a laundry ..
The Movie Minute
4.0
Scorsese has done it again, dare I say it, this is another masterpiece from the master of cinema.
Flick Feast
4.0
on Godfather worthy form here as loose cannon union boss Jimmy Hoffa, in what, amazingly, is his Scorsese debut.
Metro News
5.0
Not only do we get career best performances from De Niro, Pesci, and Pacino, but were also served a grim reminder of our own mortality, regardless of ..
ComicBook.com
4.5
The 76 year old actors quietly authoritative performance is an exemplary lesson in understatement.
Daily Telegraph
4.5
When the story sprawls, its always in the direction of character development. De Niro is absolutely masterful.
Memphis Flyer
4.5
Pesci brings a surprising paternal gentleness to Bufalino, perhaps a luxury of the violence he oversees but doesnt personally inflict.
Hot Press
5.0
A masterful exercise in film about the passing of time, which is so difficult to capture.
Fotogramas
4.5
Veracity aside, The Irishman is Scorsese at the peak of his powers. Its not a minute too long at three hours and 20 minutes...
Daily Public
2.0
However, the curiosity factor of exploring one of historys unsolved conundrumswhatever happened to Jimmy Hoffacoupled with appealing performances and ..
Mediaversity Reviews
4.5
For two thirds of its epic runtime, The Irishman is an entertaining and brilliantly performed story reminiscent of a dozen others.
Pitts Burgh Magazine
4.5
I dont want to denigrate the skill or hard work of Industrial Light and Magics legion of technicians.
CNET
4.5
He knows how to plumb the depths of human experience because he keeps mining in different places. And in doing so, he gets closer to the truth within ..
Book & Film Globe
4.5
is perhaps the least flashy and most self reflective crime flick in the filmmakers oeuvre.
That Shelf
5.0
The Irishman accomplishes something that is rather difficult in contemporary cinema: to be epic and intimate, subtle and piercing showing the cost of ..
3.5
On a first viewing, I was surprised by how cold I felt towards it, as it never manages to find equal balance between familiar Scorsese crime riffs and ..
The Digital Fix
4.5
The films teeming, ravenously detailed, meticulously constructed, patiently and tensely observed sequences seem to howl with the cold force of ruthles ..
Awards Watch
3.0
Above all is a coherence moral, criminal, personal to Franks actions, not simply sociopathy for the sake of violence, but a cold and clinical professi ..
High Def Digest
4.5
Scorsese here shows us in vivid detail the lasting fallout of destruction and violence, and he does so using a murderers row of world class performers ..
Nashville Scene
4.0
Decline isnt just an epilogue; its a key part of the whole process.
Smash Cut Reviews
4.5
Those final scenes wouldnt have the melancholy sting they do without the weight of everything thats come before.
Cocalecas
5.0
Everything Scorcese has done with his The Irishman makes the film a true masterpiece. Believe the hype, buy into the buildup. It is that good.
Reel Reviews
4.0
The Irishman is Scorsese working with what he knows best to express a new level of maturity, ruminating on the significance of legacy and what it mean ..
The Hollywood News
4.5
It...forces us to reconsider a body of work that is far more expansive than it is often given credit for by changing the template of his previous mob ..
Mubi
4.5
You might watch The Irishman on your TV, iPad, or smartphone. That viewing experience might not be what was originally intended. Look closer and regar ..
About Boulder
4.5
The camera doesnt move much because its always exactly where it needs to be.
Wbur
3.0
...make sure you see this movie when and wherever you can...the size of the screen cannot possibly restrain the massive contribution to cinema that Th ..
Movie Show Plus
4.4
Oscar winning screenwriter Steve Zaillian (Schindlers List) doesnt leave us hanging with an ambiguous ending.
Wtop
5.0
Its a titanic, towering crime drama with a tangled narrative web to fit its epic runtime.
VultureHound
5.0
Scorseses best effort in years, and the perfect epilogue for his previous films about the mafia.
Cinencuentro
4.5
Joe Pesci, Robert de Niro and Al Pacino... manage to create well differentiated, memorable characterizations.
Cinencuentro
2.0
The Irishman is carried by numerous career defining performances and Scorsese is incredibly still at the top of his game, with perhaps his most delica ..
Mad About Movies Podcast
4.5
Both films cut through the foundations of friendship thats comparable to Shakespeare.
4.5
The Irishman is a visual delight that makes it clear that good actors, those of high caliber, continue to reinvent themselves.
Excelsior
4.5
The beginning of the end and the beginning of his life in the mafia are united with a very elegant but tragic thread. Eisenstein at his finest, the Sc ..
4.5
I admire the filmmaking here, and with three and a half hours theres a lot of greatness in it.
Double Toasted
5.0
The director (Scorsese) adjusts with an already unusual precision what could be called his most calculated, geometric and even perfect masterpiece.
El Mundo (Spain)
4.0
There are a lot of reasons to recommend this film, but the main ones can be summarised in surnames Scorsese. De Niro. Pacino. Pesci.
Movies 8 My Life Blog Spot ..
4.5
But that doesnt stop him from reminiscing about a life that went from being a blue collar ex G.I. to one of the most feared killers in the Italian mob ..
Sd City Beat
5.0
Scorseses grandiose epic reflects on the ephemeral nature of fame, money, power and life. DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci are at the top of their game.
4.5
If The Irishman feels sadder and slower than anything hes done before, it may be because, at last, hes seeking to reckon with that reverence.
Showbiz Cheat Sheet
5.0
One things for sure, with The Irishman, Scorsese has resoundingly proven that hes not dead yet.
Baltimore Magazine
5.0
The Irishman will no doubt be revered as one of the greatest films ever produced about organized crime, and might very well be the definitive statemen ..
The Lamplight Review
4.5
Scorsese called this film death haunted. It is also haunted by the myth of making America great again.
Louis Proyect
4.5
While perhaps a step below Scorseses other classic films, mostly because of its length, The Irishman shows that the master filmmaker still knows how t ..
CultureMap
4.5
And, although hes moved across themes and genres, hes been marked as a crime film director in ways that make the themes of The Irishman seem expected ..
Stabroek News
4.5
This movie about the ashes of crime is Scorsese at his sharpest and most feeling.
Good Times
5.0
Lets not pretend The Irishman doesnt overflow with pleasures you want from a Scorsese mob movie: wicked humour; wordy conversations in dimly lit resta ..
Un Cut
4.5
No film of recent memory captures this elegiac quality quite so distinctly and with such burnished brilliance as Martin Scorseses latest, The Irishman ..
Eugene Weekly
5.0
Yet Scorseses complex portrait of Sheeran and organized crime make The Irishman one of the best films of 2019, and one of the best of his career.
We Boughta Blog
4.5
Emmerichs compassionate take on the bruising event lacks none of the power of his action thrillers, but stands out due to the basic, decent humanity a ..
What She Said Radio
3.0
The meandering pace of what all transpires reverberates with a slender essence no better than a hospice bedtime story.
Every Movie Hasalesson
5.0
In their ninth feature together, Scorsese and De Niros collaborative gears synch as smoothly as ever.
4.5
If this is the last film of Scorseses career though those odds are unlikely The Irishman is a fitting culmination of a masters work.
3.8
It doesnt wholly matter that the digitally scrubbed De Niro doesnt look hes in his early 30s as hes supposed to be in those early flashbacks.
4.0
Walking out of the sequels screening last week, the 8 year old told the man in charge that she just had seen the greatest movie ever. Meanwhile, the s ..
Jmuvies Blog Spot
4.5
A cinematic memento mori, The Irishman (aka I Heard You Paint Houses) is one of Martin Scorseses all time greatest films.
4.5
Its not as intoxicating as his earlier movies, and it doesnt want to be.
Boulder Weekly
5.0
Perhaps Martin Scorseses most ambitious work, this biopic of reputed union leader and mob hitman Frank Sheeran (DeNiro) has a narrative sweep that imm ..
Reel Talk with Chuck and P ..
5.0
The movie breathes like mobsters breathe in order to be a sort of lyrical poem about decay.
La Nación (Costa Rica)
4.5
The characters are loyal to each other, and they love each other, as the men who interpret them.
La Nación (Costa Rica)
4.0
It is Al Pacino who plays the bombastic Jimmy Hoffa, sometimes over the top, but you grasp the man who doesnt want anyone to control him.
Phantom Tollbooth
3.0
A few chuckles isnt respite for the meandering Scorsese does, losing his average viewer in the process.
Texas Art & Film
3.0
The Irishman is the story of an outsider who cant let his soul go quite so easily.
5.0
At the zenith of his duties as a mafia killer, De Niro is brilliantly restrained.
5.0
This movie isnt some fun, exploitative romp like Wolf of Wall Street.
Times Herald
4.5
He doesnt really look like Hoffa, but he captures Hoffas theatrical bombast and profane charisma.
Newport This Week
5.0
Scorsese doesnt disappoint, and neither do his three principals, each delivering some of the finest work of their respective careers.
News Gazette
4.5
Of course, that doesnt mean Scorsese has completely alienated his signature filmmaking style.
Casey's Movie Mania
4.5
However, theres a distinct, overwhelming autumnal air, all its very own, about The Irishman.
5.0
At 76 years of age, Scorsese has delivered a film of such tireless vitality and filmmaking skill that, for fear of tempering hyperbole, ones tempted t ..
Culture Whisper
4.5
She doesnt talk to me, Russell laments, during some family celebration; Frank tries to console him by saying, She doesnt talk to me either, and what t ..
America Magazine
4.5
Scorsese uses references to integrate with his protagonist and offer us an expressive image of himself in old age.
El Universal
5.0
When a great filmmaker is in charge, a character study can also become a social treatise; a comedy can discuss celebrity worship and a gangster movie ..
4.0
A very well done film. A film which allows you to witness Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci chew up scenery together.
Orcasound
3.5
Despite mediocre visual de aging effects, and unnecessarily long run time, The Irishman is an impeccable tale of life, regrets, betrayal and friendshi ..
The Movie Blog
4.3
Scorsese makes the film an immersive experience, where youre either deeply into everything thats happening or youll never get into it.
The Beat
4.5
A reflexive epilogue with which the filmmaker closes his cycle of movies that deal with organized crime in the US.
Letras Libres
4.8
This movie is a monument. A beautiful essay on old age, filmmaking and fiction by a grand american master. Mesmerizing and deeply moving.
Código espagueti
4.5
...a cool, elegiac, and somewhat detached epic whose three and a half hours float by with a disconcerting calmness.
Medium
4.5
BRING THE THUNDER: Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese doc is a ragged and confounding viewing experience, our critic writes.
Houston Chronicle
4.0
Does it give us a clearer insight into Scorseses view of these films and the individuals in them Most definitely, and for that if nothing else, its wo ..
VitalThrills.com
4.5
Hes turned on the stove and set it at a low simmer, but The Irishman doesnt ramble.
Miamiartzine
4.0
Sheeran is a good soldier: arson, theft, the odd murder, hes game for anything.
Planet S Magazine
4.4
To its credit, even at nearly 3 1/2 hours, The Irishman doesnt start to feel long until you know youre just about at the end.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
5.0
In The Irishman, Scorsese delivers a lucid and mature work that is as moving as it is spectacular.
3.0
Now seems a good time to comment on the much ballyhooed CG youthening of the actorsits so good you dont even think about it.
4.5
...a lively look at a fascinating figure in American culture, whose life story has also played out in Germany and Israel.
J Post
5.0
Anna Paquin as Jimmys adult daughter Peggy barely speaks a word and doesnt need to.
Dear Cast and Crew
5.0
With exceptional performances, deft direction, and exquisite writing, this is a film that will find its place in its own history.
Reel Honestre Views
0.5
Here is the most unpopular opinion of the year: The Irishman is too long, too contrived and, generally, too much Martin Scorsese trying to outdo himse ..
1.5
If you want the best movie made in a long, long time, see The Irishman.
Truth Dig
1.5
Thats not to say that The Irishman isnt eminently enjoyable and often fleet for its entire 209 minute runtime.
Showbiz 411
4.5
A paradoxical, melancholic but thoughtful and engaging film, well directed by Scorsese.
Screen Hub
4.5
While it meanders at times, like the stories of many absentminded old men, its rarely boring. Scorseses longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker a huge infl ..
Hyperallergic
4.5
Scorsese at his peak blending his controlled, moving camera seamlessly with subtle, nuanced character moments reminiscent of his earlier films. Everyo ..
4.5
The Irishman is a thrilling theatrical experience with wonderful touches showcasing how masterful Scorsese is. Every aspect of the movie is crafted wi ..
Niagara Gazette
5.0
The Irishman is a true cinematic masterpiece. Di Nero, Pacino, and Pesci bring out their best performances in years under the masterful directing eye ..
CinemaDebate
5.0
Away from the boisterous japes of The Wolf of Wall Street and the explicit violence of his Goodfellas days, the film maker here offers a set of charac ..
The Jewish Chronicle
4.5
This is a very big Mob epic with a disturbing vision of the criminal underworld that is somewhat reminiscent of his previous films, but here goes to n ..
Amsterdam News
4.5
The technology is impressively seamlessDe Niro, for example, doesnt look spectrally airbrushed as a fortyish Sheeran.
4 Columns
4.5
But Franks major personality trait is his loyalty, which simply isnt a very passionate attribute.
Film Mafia
2.0
In the end, it is a film much more than the sum of its long 209 minutes: The Irishman looks inwards and acts as a sorrowful dismantling of ones own my ..
Strange Harbors
4.5
With a script that is nothing short of a master work, coupled with an intricate sense of production design and cinematography style, there is a filmma ..
Phawker
4.5
The Irishman is profound in all the ways youd expect a Scorsese film to be.
Chicago Cinema Circuit
4.5
Perhaps intentionally, director Marielle Heller (of Can You Ever Forgive Me) doesnt always keep the narrative perfectly lucid.
Phoenix Magazine
4.5
He connects with Hoffa, who exudes all of the energy and joy in living that Frank doesnt have.
Citizen Damepod
4.5
The Irishman is simply a pleasure to watch, handsomely shot and wonderfully alive.
Boston Hassle
2.0
Steve Zaillians script (from Charles Brandts non fiction novel I Heard You Paint Houses) is densely wordy and introspective, allowing for this legenda ..
Film Mixtape
5.0
This movie gave me my most enjoyable three and a half hours by far.
City Press (South Africa)
4.5
At times it feels like hes confessing his sins, except that he doesnt call them sins and shows more delight than remorse in recalling them.
The Gospel Coalition
4.5
There is much to talk about the superb performances of The Irishman.
La Jornada
4.4
Movie review: The Irishman is a magnetic mob epic, despite its grueling runtime Despite the grueling 3 1/2 hour runtime, The Irishman is a magnetic mo ..
The Oklahoman
2.0
However, strong performances without a compelling character cant save the film.
EskimoTV
1.5
Marvels de aging has this unconvincing smoothing effect to it while The Irishman doesnt have that.
4.5
Its an amazing film that caps off a stunning career in film that spans over 50 years.
The Screen Scene
5.0
A film about the XX mid century story of the U.S.A. An artwork itself. A must.
4.5
Pacino isnt doing anything revelatory as Hoff, relying on his penchant for screaming.
FanSided
4.5
Whats also interesting here is Scorsese isnt vague about what happens to Jimmy Hoffa.
Screen Slate
1.5
What else doesnt work Well, objectively, the film is kind of boring.
SooToday.com
4.5
The final hour, in which Sheeran is forced to decide the fate of his best friend, raises this genre picture to the level of great tragedy
4.5
All of these performances are amazing, but I would single out Pesci for special mention.
London Review of Books
5.0
The Irishman is not only one of Martin Scorseses best films (which is saying a lot), but also a tribute to all the crime movies in which its director ..
A Simple Vista
4.5
The director makes an outstanding reconstruction of the facts in flashbacks.
4.5
Heres a new Martin Scorsese masterpiece another riveting gangster epic.
Extra Beurre
4.5
Extraordinarily ambitious, dealing with the biggest questions: death, and the attempt to work it out. To watch this figuring out is a devastating priv ..
electric ghost
4.5
The great performances and incredible filmmaking make this fictionalized tale of Frank Sheeran a story to end the decade, one that has seen many chang ..
Film Daze
1.5
Martin Scorsese has made a three and a half hour late film comparable to those Ford, Hawks, and Lewis made in their golden years...
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