By Scorsese himself when they were called Goodfellas and Casino. There was NO reason to make this other than to satisfy perhaps their own self-indulgent nostalgia, which I assume includes some fans, but if you really wanna watch this type of movie, go watch the far superior originals, especially Goodfellas.

De Niro was a bore. Way too passive. Too much details about things that didn't matter. In Godfather they balanced the little details such as how to cook the food with the story, never to extend such details. For example the daughter/father relationship appeared throughout without any really significant meaning. I think his daughter said one word, literally ONE WORD in the entire film. Was she a mute? It may have been more effective if they had focussed the film on that, rather than the conspiratorial aspect of the Hoffa killing, which was stretched out for like an hour of pointless meandering.

Let's be real. Casino was Goodfellas in Vegas. And Irishman was a personal vanity project for De Niro and Martin to work together again.

I had a feeling it was gonna be the same as Goodfellas. This is The Godfather III to Godfather I & II.

All the same stereotypical Italians we've seen in every mob movie around., where they play caricatures, rather than real life beings.

Also, a lot of the acting seemed to have been phoned in. Pesci was good. And like others said, it was boring. Holy mother, it took forever to get to any point.

Disregard all the rave reviews. That is just a sign of how many mediocre films are out and how people are starving for anything above bad.