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First Reactions to The Irishman: Decidedly Not GoodFellas

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Forgive us, Martin Scorsese, for we have sinned. The legendary director’s latest, The Irishman, had a lot of things stacked against it in the public’s eye: CGI de-aging, another Mob story, a rescinded wide release, and a 209-minute run time. After bolting to the bathroom, critics who attended a screening of the movie at the New York Film Festival tweeted their reactions to the epic, which stars Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Harvey Keitel. The dispatches confirm some things we already knew, like how Martin Scorsese is one talented SOB, it’s not GoodFellas, and that CGI de-aging is weird. But they’ve also revealed vital details, like the fact that Pacino eats a lot of ice cream and wears “incredible jammies.†Please, enjoy some spoiler-free reactions (notably not reviews!) to The Irishman and decide if it’s worth it to catch it in theaters on November 1 or wait for it to hit Netflix on November 27.

First Reactions to The Irishman: Decidedly Not GoodFellas