The Irishman
2019, crime, drama, history
209 minutes
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful...
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10
2019-12-14
The Irishman serves as Scorsese’s final Ozymandian monument to this life of fast money and power players building empires that will have no other monuments, as their amassed wealth and prestige eventually erodes to nothing and those who choose to partake to nobodies over time. Read more
10
2019-12-07
Narratively this is some great storytelling. It flows well and moves from its year to year well. Read more
10
2019-11-28
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is a mournful knockout. It is a reflective masterpiece with a sobering and sometimes both remorseful and tension-filled final hour... Read more
10
2019-11-08
Superb performances from the entire cast, direction, and screenwriting will certainly put the film on top of the pedestal that will be difficult to beat by any incoming gangster film. Read more
10
2019-10-27
It’s an emotional film that breathes deeply, speaks softly, and demands your undivided attention. Not a single frame goes to waste in this magnificent coup de maître of cinema. Read more
9.1
David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2020-01-21
A story about the reflections of age and your own perspective on your actions.
9.0
2020-01-20
It’s tense, dramatic and has enough variety of people being shot in the head to make it ghoulishly watchable. Read more
9.0
2019-12-16
Clocking in at three and a half hours, The Irishman feels painfully real, adding new stimulus to a crowded genre where only true experts can succeed. Scorsese and this mind-blowing cast are all about perfection. Read more
9.0
2019-12-05
When all’s said and done, The Irishman shows that Martin Scorsese is still at the top of his game. It also shows that the triumvirate of Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino are still able to wow audiences even today. In terms of criticism, you could point to the gaudy runtime or the de-aging effects on Robert De Niro during the early parts of the film. However, this isn’t a boring film even with the long runtime and the... Read more
9.0
2019-11-27
The Irishman is another outstanding cinematic accomplishment from Scorsese, featuring a talented cast and crew firing on all cylinders. Read more
8.8
David McGinnis of Fellowship of the Screen
2019-11-29
The Irishman doesn’t beat Silence or Wolf of Wall Street for me as far as the master’s work this decade, but don’t mistake your lack of engagement for its lack of substance.
6.0
2019-11-09
The trouble is the regality becomes the smoke in your eyes. There is delight to be had in these details, time capsule performances, and in the pointed plodding through dramatized history, but we have seen so much of this before from Scorsese and in better concentrations. Furthermore, different temperaments and tastes are going to project their own inflated values all over this morose movie. Read more
5.0
2019-11-14
With Scorsese’s brand of gangsterism, which tends to blend bloodshed with cheery classical tunes and a wink and a smirk, The Irishman is off to a good start. But unlike in Goodfellas, the biographical chronicle doesn’t always feel as if it’s heading toward something concrete. Read more
4.0
Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2020-01-21
I give 2/5 stars just because of the actors, but I would never watch this again nor would I recommend it to people who like to watch movies for the entertainment.
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9.0
2019-11-11
Joe Pesci verdient zonder twijfel een oscar voor zijn werk in The Irishman, maar Martin Scorsese levert iets minder werk dan Quentin Tarantino dit jaar. Read more
8.0
Paul Hauer of Filmliefhebber
2019-12-26
Het op waarheden gebaseerde verhaal is boeiend en je kunt het Scorsese toevertrouwen om er een meeslepend drama van te maken. The Irishman is dan ook intrigerend en spannend terwijl de settings zorgvuldig zijn gekozen.
8.0
2019-11-19
De film mag dan te lang zijn, hij is zeker niet te groot van opzet. Wel op basis van tijdlijn, dat zich verspreidt over maar liefst drie decennia, maar niet op narratief vlak. Read more
7.0
2019-12-01
Kort gezegd voelt dit aan alsof Scorcese en z’n “band” nog een keer hun oude hits spelen, waarbij je regelmatig een “kent u deze nog” vibe krijgt. De film is mooi geschoten en bevat zeker goede acteerprestaties, maar de film heeft een probleem. Read more
7.0
2019-11-28
The Irishman is een lange zit, maar wel één van de inhoud. Misschien geen rasechte maffiafilm, maar wel een die vol humor zit en waarbij ook grof geweld niet wordt geschuwd. Read more
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