Martin Scorsese began his introduction of The Irishman at its world premiere Friday night by noting that his previous narrative film at New York Film Festival was Mean Streets in 1973. “It’s extrao…
from the press at pre-premiere screenings, which started drawing lines at dawn. . While embargoes kept a lid on full reviews, critics described an absorbing and deeply felt epic, filled with trademark Scorsese touches. Anticipation has built for a decade for the adaptation of, Charles Brandt’s book about a hit man linked to the death of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa.in 1995. Al Pacino, who plays Hoffa, is making his debut in a Scorsese production.
Eric Kohn, chief critic and executive editor at Deadline sister site IndieWire, tweeted that the film resembles “a greatest hits album from a master of the medium. Yes, that’s a positive.” K. Austin Collins of“good. I laughed a lot.” He added that its sensibility is distinct from that of, a film that is an obvious comparison given the parallel involvement of Scorsese, De Niro and Pesci. “This is ultimately a movie about the mortality of everyone in it,” he wrote.
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