It took me 4 attempts before I finally endured this over a three day viewing marathon. I treated it more as a mini series rather than a movie.

What put me off was the sadly comical scenes where these once great stars were attempting to play their younger selves. No amount of CGI can change the fact that 70+year olds walk more slowly and talk in a more gravelly way than people in their 40s Much as I admire Pacino, DeNiro, Scorsese at al, surely they could have found age appropriate actors for this, a potentially brilliant story.

I also think more time in the cutting room would have benefitted. I enjoy a slow build up, but it built up to very little. None of the characters engaged me enough to care! Even with many of the unpleasant characters depicted in so many of Scorcese's great films I can build some empathy with the characters and their flaws- not in this A missed opportunity and I'm left wondering if all the hype is, as another commenter wrote, a case of emperor's new clothes?