Irishman review: Scorsese and De Niro's one last job scores

gangster picture from the master of the form.

No, in The Irishman, antagonism duties fall largely on Al Pacino, as the famous, disappeared union leader Jimmy Hoffa.

Photo : Netflix. The Irishman is the director’s longest drama, but it never drags.

Right from the start, The Irishman foregrounds the looming inevitability of death.

This time, though, we’re receiving a guided tour not of a hip nightclub but of the much less glamorous layout of a nursing home, the Five Satins’ timeless “In The Still Of The Night” setting a geriatric jukebox tone. (The A.V. Club)

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I created a viewing guide for everyone who thinks THE IRISHMAN is too damn long for one night. #scorsese #netflix #theirishman pic. (LaScimmiaPensa.com)

Nonostante l’opera di Scorsese sia ricca di implicazioni politiche e storiche, guardandola attentamente ci si potrà accorgere «anche di quelle metafisiche. Infine, varrebbe la pena guardare The Irishman da casa per cogliere il senso di tutti i suoi silenzi. (Rivista Studio)