The Irishman: 210 minutes with the mob

Who's the real Irishman? Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino) or Frank Sheeran, (Robert De Niro)?

The critics are piling on the accolades.

Director Martin Scorsese is a genius, they say. De Niro is incomparable.

While the Movie Slut agrees, she still found this flick a dud.

Problem No. 1: When it opens Frank Sheeran (DeNiro) is a young truck driver. Trouble is, De Niro is in his mid-70s and no effort was made to whittle off the years. And then, De Niro an Irishman?

So now MS is confused. She thinks the Irishman must be Jimmy Hoffa when he turns up nearly an hour into this three and a half hour slog. But no, the Irishman of the title is not the Teamster boss. Strange as it seems, it is Sheeran.

Meanwhile Sheeran moves up the wiseguy ladder— becomes a hit man. Which brings us to Problem No. 2. We're to believe he learned the fine art of offing folks without guilt while serving in World War II.

Turns out Sheeran was a real character but chances are he was far less charismatic than Robert DeNiro, our antihero.

MS does have one positive thought regarding The Irishman. Hopefully it will be the last Mob movie. She can't be the only one who's had it with these hooligans.