If this film had been directed by anyone else, it's rating would be far lower and nobody would be raving about it the way they are here.

The Irishman is an interesting piece of history, but as a film this thing is pretty slow. 3.5 hours is a long, long time to watch these events unfold. Scorsese did it in his signature way, but there's no way in hell I would rewatch this the way I would Goodfellas, Casino, or The Departed.