Martin Scorsese’s most recent film The Irishman has received its Netflix release and here are my thoughts.
The film follows the story of Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) who is an enforcer for the Pennsylvanian crime family and his relationship with union boss Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino).
The film is narrated by De Niro’s character and jumps through his life during the second half of the 20th century in the 3-and-a-half-hour runtime. However due to the editing, design and setting you never feel disoriented and always know what time period the part of the film is in.
It was great to see Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel back together in a Scorsese directed mob movie. Their performances were outstanding and held up compared to the previous films such as Goodfellas and Casino
Even having the long run time, no parts felt dragged out and I wasn’t bored at all. The film pulls you in and without expecting it the 3 and a half hours have passed.
I talked about the de-aging technology in my previous post and I am happy to say it is done well in the vast majority of scenes. CGI was used on De Niro’s eyes making them blue and even though this sounds miniscule, it’s very distracting at some points. Another part that the CGI takes away from the film is when De Niro’s character is seen to rough up a shop owner but from the way he moves it looks off as he is really 76 years old.
As a whole the de-aging is done very well.
I would rate The Irishman a solid 4/5 and it has been met with praise from most, with a lot of talk about Oscar nominations.
The Irishman is now streaming on Netflix.
Film By Euan 