The Irishman 2019

★★★★★ Watched 30 Nov, 2019

My god, this movie is one hell of a journey. It’s difficult to watch a three and a half hour movie when you have to study for your exams, so pacing this movie through the last 3 days was quite a challenge, but I have to say, I’m really glad that I did. Seeing De Niro, Pacino, Pesci and Scorcese back for a movie together almost brought tears to my eyes. This movie is so well made and well crafted that you often forget that you’re watching a movie. It just captivates you and doesn’t bore you for a single second of runtime. The amount of personality and vulnerability that Scorcese has lent to this movie is simply phenomenal. It’s a movie that perfectly showcases mortality and intrapersonal relationships. I think it’s needless to say that the actors are phenomenal. This is one of his best films, it’s up there with The Wolf of Wall Street and The Aviator as one of his masterpieces. This is a very lengthy movie which is so densely packed that you feel that, even if it ran for two more hours, no other director working right now could pull something like this off. 2019 has been a year that keeps on giving to cinema. It’s on Netflix, go watch The Irishman, trust me, you will not be disappointed.