This movie was well directed, well acted, and very professionally made. Too bad its so boring. It has a run time of 3 and a half hours, and it feels like 5 and a half hours.

The movie is slow and meandering. There isn't really one central conflict that slowly builds to a climax. Instead, its a series of stories told by an elderly mobster about his life of crime. An hour and a half into the movie, I found myself wondering when the main conflict was going to begin. But, it never did. Its just one story after another, which ends with the protagonist as an old man, looking sadly upon his life of crime.

The movie was artistic, and paints an interesting vignette about mob life. But, I found it difficult to watch. Sorry Martin Scorsese, but this movie is just too damn long, slow, and boring.