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“Of course, like many other movie buffs, I had been anxiously waiting for this movie. Indeed, after almost 25 years, Martin Scorsese was working again with Robert De Niro on a massive gangster epic involving an impressive cast including the likes of Al Pacino. I mean, this combo Scorsese-De Niro-Pacino sounded already like movie heaven and when the critics turned out to be wild enthusiast, my expectations went sky high. Well, eventually, I find it rather difficult to judge this movie after all and, to be honest, I wasn’t really blown like I was expecting to be. First of all, even though the CGI deaging of the main cast had pretty much doubled the costs of the production, I didn’t feel it was really convincing. Seriously, I was constantly wondering what age their characters were supposed” read more
" Notes: Of course, this combo Scorsese-De Niro-Pacino sounded like movie heaven and when the critics turned out to be wild enthusiast, my expectations went sky high. Well, I find it rather difficult to judge this movie after all and, to be honest, I wasn’t really blown like I was expecting to be. First of all, even though the CGI deaging of the main cast had pretty much doubled the costs of the production and had been widely praised, I didn’t feel it was really convincing. Seriously, I was "
"Scorsese is back. My two favourite actors of all-time, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, deliver brilliant performances. Pacino is very 'Pacino' but it's great to see him work with Scorsese. Joe Pesci delivers an understated performance and it is all the more impressive for it. He is perhaps the stand-out performance."
"SCREENING: Regular DATE: November 11th CINEMA: Curzon LOCATION: Soho"
"-Best Director - Martin Scorsese -Best Ensemble - Best Adapted Screenplay "
"Tomatometer Guess: 94%. Martin Scorsese's long-awaited biopic drama about Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran reunites Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. Actual Score: 96%%. Meticulously directed, perfectly paced, and brilliantly acted, "The Irishman" sees Martin Scorsese at the peak of his power as he de-glamorizes the gangster genre. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino all deliver spectacular performances. Though some of the de-aging is a bit off."