First reviews and reactions are in for Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman'
THE IRISHMAN - Audacious, epic, a film that feels like it spans lifetimes yet whisks by. Technically bold, performances raw and darkly humourous, it is the culmination of Scorsese's genre fascinations, and a late career triumph. Truly cinematic, demanding to be seen big #nyff57
- Jason Gorber @ #NYFF (@filmfest_ca) September 27, 2019
The very very anticipated 'The Irishman' from Martin Scorsese, reuniting Robert De Niro (in the title role) with Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, premiered Friday morning at the NY Film Festival, and the first reactions/reviews are in fact glowing (especially for Pacino). The movie duration apparently wasn't an issue, nor was the de-aging CGI, and De Niro and Pacino give their best performances in probably decades.
THE IRISHMAN is good! takes 90 minutes to lock in & clear out the cobwebs / adjust to CGI, but the scope is a virtue, the performances are killer (Joseph! Frank! Pesci!) & it eventually coheres into a heart-stopping meditation on the myopia of time. an old man movie for the ages.
- david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) September 27, 2019
THE IRISHMAN: Pacino unhinges his jaw and swallows this thing whole like a python choking down a gazelle carcass, berserker mode king shit
- Charles Bramesco (@intothecrevasse) September 27, 2019
THE IRISHMAN is a masterwork. Funny, epic, and most of all, melancholy. It’s Scorsese confronting aging, legacies, and mortality. I may or may not have teared up at the end...
- Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) September 27, 2019
THE IRISHMAN is not GOODFELLAS/CASINO part 3. Different pace different tone. It is, however, absolutely fucking fantastic and I am floored. All hail the King.
- Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) September 27, 2019
Boy. #TheIrishman is a fitting homecoming for De Niro, Pacino, Pesci, and Scorsese’s ode to gangster cinema. Hilarious and sharply written. A portrait of mortality and legacy, told like a culmination of everything we have ever seen in this genre. It’s LONG but never boring. #NYFF pic.twitter.com/OBTAXem4On
- Kevin L. Lee @ NYFF (@Klee_FilmReview) September 27, 2019
#TheIrishman was well worth the red eye flight and well worth every single minute of that 3 and a half hour run time. More to come in a review on @ColliderVideo later but that lead trio is just as good as you’d hope & it marks another triumph for Thelma Schoonmaker. #NYFF
- Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) September 27, 2019
THE IRISHMAN: Think GOODFELLAS, but directed by the man who gave us SILENCE. A culmination, meditation and tribute to every Scorsese/De Niro/Pesci collaboration. And yet, Al Pacino towers over all of them with a funny, sad and haunting performance as Jimmy Hoffa.
- Jordan Ruimy @ #NYFF (@mrRuimy) September 27, 2019
THE IRISHMAN is a masterwork. Funny, epic, and most of all, melancholy. It’s Scorsese confronting aging, legacies, and mortality. I may or may not have teared up at the end...
- Chris Evangelista (@cevangelista413) September 27, 2019
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