The Irishman - Review - Vlad Ispas Being directed by Martin Scorsese, the Netflix exclusive drama “The Irishman” impresses the public before the film has even begun. Bringing together Robert De Niro, with whom the director has collaborated many times in the past, Al Pacino, who plays union leader Jimmy Hoffa, and Joe Pesci, who has quit retirement in order to play the role of mafioso Russell Bufalino, the film is sure to be one of Scorsese’s best projects to date. The film tells the story of World War II veteran Frank “the Irishman” Sheeran (De Niro), a truck driver who becomes an integral member of the post-war American organized crime scene. The meticulously crafted narrative gives the viewer an utmost feeling of satisfaction seeing it unfold. Because Sheeran is narrating the story of his life, sitting in a hospice, waiting to die, we’re to witness his life all the way, meaning the principal actors are shown/portrayed/presented at different ages, at various points in time. That is
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The Irishman - Review - Mihnea Jipianu “The Irishman” (original: “I heard You Paint Houses”) is a 2019 American movie, the epic drama, directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 book “I Heard You Paint Houses”. In the main roles we can find the following resounding names : Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci along with Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, Hervey Keitel in the secondary roles. The movie features Frank Sheeran (De Niro), a truck driver who becomes a paid killer and an associate of mobster Russell Bufalino (Pesci) and his family, including the time he worked for powerful union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). In the first place I would like to say that I am not bothered by long movies with slow action. Unfortunately “The Irishman” is too long and the action becomes boring and predictable. The acting game is an impressive one, but some dialogues between the character
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The Irishman - Review - Antonia Manolache I do not like crime films. While I was growing up, I preferred watching a comedy or a romance to watching a movie with gangsters - which makes the fact that I am reviewing this film somehow ironic. Anyways, crime films felt boring to me: mobsters killing people and doing dirty work looked too far-fetched to relax and enjoy. Be it the hysterical madness of old “The Godfather” series, or the “The Wolf of Wall Street”, to me it is all the same. Considering all of this, imagine my own surprise when I watched a crime movie that I actually liked. To start with, it is not a typical movie, the story is told in flashback, either in voice over or to the camera, with Frank looking directly toward us, as he was being interviewed. Actually, the thing that I like the most is Frank’s life story, which is based on true events, this movie telling a story that needed to be told. Long story short, this guy ends up getting himself into a world of trouble that
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The Irishman - Review - Roberta Lupășteanu “The Irishman” is a biography, crime and drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese, which appeared last year. It presents the story of the WWII veteran, then the hitman, Frank Sheeran, played by Robert De Niro, who looks back on his life, the hits that defined his mobster career and all the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Buffalo crime family. First of all, the storyline is mainly based on the disappearance of his life-long friend, Jimmy Hoffa, played by Al Pacino, the former president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who mysteriously vanished in late July 1975 at the age of 62, in which Frank Sheeran appears to have an important part. The plot is well-structured and the main idea of the film gives the viewers a realistic perspective on the political life of the 60’s. The atmosphere of the film is special and the few effects used by the film director really take you back to those times, in the given circumstances. Also
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The Irishman - Review - Cristina Găvăneanu “The Irishman” was also titled onscreen as “I heard you paint houses” and is an American epic crime film which was directed and produced by Martin Scorsese and written by Steven Zaillian, based on the 2004 nonfiction book “I heard you paint houses” by Charles Brandt. Among others, it stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. The film follows Frank Sheeran (De Niro), a truck driver who becomes a hitman involved with mobster Russel Bufalino (Peschi) and his crime family, including his time working for the powerful Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). For me, the most interesting part began in the second half of the movie, along with the confession made by Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran, who claimed to be the one that murdered Jimmy Hoffa, the man who was once his boss. I believe that this harsh confession shows the viewers the complexity of the main character. Even if the film is quite entertaining and amusing, I think it is also not so easy to watch,