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THE IRISHMAN: a wonderful and drawn-out heartbreak. Once you realise the inevitability of what is going to happen and Frank's agonising choice, you see how carefully and subtly Scorsese has built this tragedy into the structure of Frank's life from the start.Permalink On Internet Archive
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That's why the last half-hour hits so powerfully. Like GOODFELLAS, THE IRISHMAN is about the consequences of living this kind of life. But Frank's tragedy extends beyond Henry Hill's. Perhaps expectedly, Scorsese now takes a longer view of what it means to age with regret.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Joe Pesci is glorious in this film: a masterful and subtle performance that, in his de-aged scenes at the start, had me properly grinning. It's also worth mentioning Anna Paquin's heartbreaking performance at the centre of the film and as the most significant character in it.Permalink On Internet Archive
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I also appreciated THE IRISHMAN's playful intertextuality: Robert De Niro's character overseeing the destruction of a fleet of yellow TAXI DRIVER cabs; Joe Pesci describing the appearance of David Ferrie; the narration alluding to the bathroom scene in THE GODFATHER.Permalink On Internet Archive
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W/r/t the length of THE IRISHMAN: at 3½ hours, it's a long boy but I don't think it would work cut up into pieces as a mini-series or whatever. It requires the slow build-up of tension and then the tragic release. But it's Netflix so people will watch it how they watch it.On Internet Archive