Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman heeft zijn wereldpremière beleefd tijdens het New York Film Festival en wordt door de pers volop geprezen.

Time schrijft dat de drie en een half uur lange film heel entertainend is en naar het einde toe ook heel emotioneel.

Volgens The New York Times is het een monumentale en verrassend delicate prent.

IndieWire vindt het Scorsese’s beste gangsterfilm sinds Goodfellas.

Wat Variety betreft, doet The Irishman denken aan Scorsese’s vorige misdaadrama’s, maar gaat hij een gewaagde en nieuwe richting uit.

The Wrap schrijft dat de film hard aankomt en zo rijk is dat hij meerdere kijkbeurten verdient.

Hoewel The Irishman een knap staaltje cinema wordt genoemd, vraagt The Hollywood Reporter zich af waarom Scorsese er geen miniserie van gemaakt heeft.

The Guardian beschrijft de film als een terugblik op Scorsese’s carrière en een waarschuwing om gewelddadige mannen niet te verheerlijken.

Ten slotte oordeelt ScreenCrush dat het gangsterepos niet altijd voorbij vliegt, maar enkele van de ontroerendste momenten van Scorsese’s carrière bevat.

Bekijk nog enkele reacties hieronder:

https://twitter.com/jasondashbailey/status/1177623826571649025

I wish I could take a photo in he dark of all these people on their phones doing twitter hot takes on #TheIrishman. Here’s mine: it’s middle of the Scorsese pack. Def more of a sober character study than classic tense mob thriller

— Mara Reinstein (@MaraReinstein) 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

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https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/1177623741616001024

THE IRISHMAN is like a greatest hits album from a master of the medium. Yes, that’s a positive.

The artifice of de-aging is more feature than bug.

It’s not “slow.” It often moves like lightening & elsewhere it’s downright Bressonian.

This is not a review! Those are embargoed.

— erickohn (@erickohn) September 27, 2019

https://twitter.com/jhoffman/status/1177620230434168832

Enjoyed Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN but it’s underwhelming in some ways and he’d be wise to cut 30-45 minutes from this very digressive 3 1/2 hour film. Clearly it’s his least-good mob movie. @TheNYFF

— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) September 27, 2019

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 (@filmfest_ca) September 27, 2019

THE IRISHMAN: al pacino … oscar ?????

— karen han (@karenyhan) September 27, 2019

It’s a masterpiece. Period. #TheIrishman @TheNYFF

— Robert Levin (@Rlevin85) September 27, 2019

THE IRISHMAN is Marty’s old man movie! it’s about how you gotta have fifty conversations to do anything and everybody’s got an ego and it’s mostly just people chatting to each other and getting grumpy. terrific!!

— David Sims (@davidlsims) September 27, 2019

https://twitter.com/melvillmatic/status/1177621028941582336

Alright, more coherent thoughts on #TheIrishman to come in my review tonight but I’ll say this for now because I know people are curious about it: The de-aging worked for me! Jarring at first, but you got used to it, and De Niro was good enough that it didn’t matter.

— Anna Menta (@annalikestweets) September 27, 2019

THE IRISHMAN: DeNiro and Pesci carefully plotting out a lengthy road trip on a paper map, DeNiro and Pacino wearing old man pajamas, obviously was in my middle-aged glory PLUS it's funny and terribly sad. #NYFF

— Jesse Hassenger (@rockmarooned) September 27, 2019

Me: 🙁

The Irishman: *plays*

…3.5 hours later…

Me: 😌

— Michael. (@yosoymichael) September 27, 2019

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reviews of The Irishman are embargoed to this evening but I can give an A+ to the shot of the Friendly Lounge sign. We do however need to talk about the Villa di Roma scenes.

— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) September 27, 2019

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