Here's how Rotten Tomatoes ranks his films. Best Netflix Series and Shows To Watch Right Now (January 2021), WandaVision First Episodes Set Up the Mystery of Who’s Behind The Sitcom World These Avengers Now Inhabit, WandaVision‘s Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany Say the MCU Heroes Are ‘Literal Soulmates’, Marvel TV News: Moon Knight Adds Ethan Hawke, Loki Season 2, and Crossbones’ Return. While there are hidden shows on Netflix with near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores, it can often be difficult to sift through the clutter to even find them. – Gregory Ellwood, The Playlist, If the Best Supporting Actor Oscar came down to Pacino and Pesci, I have no idea who I’d support. Scott, New York Times, Pacino arrives almost a third of the way into the film and instantly electrifies it. A magisterial entry in his long and masterful career, Martin Scorsese's crime epic is no mere nostalgia trip; reflective and melancholy rather than kinetic, it's touched by both greatness and loss. Moreover, this magic trick speaks to the unreliable unreality of memory itself… a “problem” with (potentially accidental) resonance. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club, The material would have been better served by losing an hour or more to run at standard feature length, or bulking up on supporting-character and plot detail to flesh out a series. All rights reserved. Robert De Niro as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran. All rights reserved. View HD Trailers and Videos for The Irishman on Rotten Tomatoes, then check our Tomatometer to find out what the Critics say. It took Netflix stepping in at the last minute with a $250 million budget and multimillion-dollar ad campaign to distribute Martin Scorsese’s long-awaited gangster opus as he had hoped to see it. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club, There are aspects of The Irishman that recall David Lynch’s work on The Return. Also surprising: Zero love for heavily favored awards contenders 1917 and Little Women, the latter of which was expected to put a dent in the lead and supporting actress categories. – Mike Ryan, Uproxx, The eyes adjust to the illusion. This film is a tribute to the greatest institution in Irish society, the pub or more specifically the traditional Irish publicans who run them. The website's critics consensus reads: "An epic gangster drama that earns its extended runtime, The Irishman finds Martin Scorsese revisiting familiar themes to poignant, funny, and profound effect." Best Netflix Shows and Series To Binge (January 2021), The 100 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now (January 2021). – Jordan Ruimy, World of Reel, It’s a film that only gets further under your skin after you leave the theater (or close your Netflix browser, as the case may be). – Owen Gleiberman, Variety, The de-aging is… pretty good. Copyright ©  2018 Fandango. – Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm, Joe Pesci emerges from retirement to give a superbly measured performance… the polar opposite of the lit-fuse firecrackers Pesci famously portrayed for Scorsese. Not even the length or the notorious de-aging special effects can hold down what’s being called one of Scorsese’s best. – David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter, De Niro and Pacino play off one another beautifully, with De Niro often playing the calm straight-man to Pacino’s loudmouth comedian. Receive a $6 Movie Rental. [It’s] his best display of rampant emotion and thoughtful characterization since Heat. – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out, Pacino’s over-the-top presence borders on parody, but at the same time, feels attuned to the larger-than-life shadow that Hoffa cast in his prime. Reason to be nervous for some? – Robert Daniels, 812filmreviews, [Steve] Zaillian’s messy script, an ambitious assemblage of timelines, takes its time to fully immerse the viewer into its world… the second half is more lively. Here are 8 other perfectly rated movies you can stream right now. Joe Pesci Celebrity Profile - Check out the latest Joe Pesci photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at Rotten Tomatoes! In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. They’ve since become one of the most iconic actor-director pairings in the world. – Eric Kohn, IndieWire, Is the de-aging process perfect? – Caryn James, BBC.com, Pacino shines among an incredible cast. Stephanie Kurtzuba as Irene Sheeran Perhaps. Ray Romano as Bill Bufalino. The Irishman (2019) ... Powered by Rotten Tomatoes Rate Movie. – Owen Gleiberman, Variety, What a joy it is to have Pesci back on the screen and to see him deliver such soulful work in the process…. – Stephanie Zacharek, Time Magazine, The film, which clocks in at 209 minutes — even longer than The Return of the King and Avengers: Endgame — barely feels its length. With a near-perfect approval score, The Godfather Part II is De Niro’s highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes. More Featured on RT > Top Headlines. Actually, people are calling it PERFECT. Once America Ferrera and Danai Gurira read the full list, the big winners on the film side were Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Bombshell, and The Irishman, with four nominations each. Learn more. – Joe Dieringer, Screen Slate, With stories within stories within stories, The Irishman is a little like a mob movie version of Inception. I give The Irishman 3.5 Gavels and it receives a 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating with an 87% Audience score. It’s an epic collaboration between some of modern cinema’s most accomplished and celebrated icons, and it’s one of the most anticipated films of the year. Offers. – A.O. – Eric Kohn, IndieWire, This is not Goodfellas. All rights reserved. Netflix released Martin Scorsese’s long-anticipated The Irishman into very select theaters this weekend ahead of the film’s digital release on the streaming platform November 27. Reviews out of the movie’s opening-night premiere at the New York Film Festival are resoundingly positive in that regard. This is not Casino. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, The Irishman, Bombshell Dominate 2020 SAG Award Nominations Plus, Game of Thrones has a better morning as Mrs. Maisel prepares for a potentially big night next January. – A.O. – Matt Singer, ScreenCrush, Its last half-hour is deeply moving in a way that creeps up on you, and it’s then that you see what Scorsese was working toward all along. While Parasite became only the second foreign-language film to earn a nomination for its ensemble in the Outstanding Cast category, movies like Uncut Gems and The Farewell were ignored, with Adam Sandler and Awkwafina particularly conspicuous absences. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel received the most nominations, with four, while The Morning Show showed itself to be an awards player, picking up noms for Jennifer Aniston, Billy Crudup, and Steve Carrell. Martin Scorsese’s new gangster epic The Irishman is officially the best reviewed film of the director’s illustrious career. Plot. – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out, Now and then I had to stave off a PTSD flashback to Robert Zemeckis’ Polar Express. – Chris Evangelista, Slashfilm, When [Pesci] and De Niro are onscreen together, you believe in the power of art. While the acting is terrific, this is the very definition of bloat. – Karen Han, Polygon, The film, by design, is episodic in a way that’s small-screen-friendly. The Irishman reminded me a bit of Unforgiven: It feels, at last, like a critical eulogy for an era of crime fiction that Scorsese and De Niro and Pacino built. Martin Scorsese's The Irishman currently has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of its Netflix premiere. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 440 reviews, with an average rating of 8.80/10. – Robert Daniels, 812filmreviews, More than just a believably magnetic Hoffa, Pacino kicks the film into the realm of pure, delicious crazy. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman ... “Rotten Tomatoes Is Wrong” About… How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Here’s what critics are saying about The Irishman: It’s the film that, I think, a lot of us wanted to see from Scorsese… rippling with echoes of the director’s previous Mob films but [it] also takes us someplace bold and new. Stunning performances in The Irishman. ... Scorsese brought the entire life of Frank Sheeran to life in Netflix’s three-and-a-half-hour giant The Irishman. Are you as obsessed with awards as we are? Copyright © 2018 Fandango. The winners will be revealed in a ceremony airing live on TNT and TBS, Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 8 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Pacific. (Photo by Netflix) The long and arduous road to bring The Irishman to theaters spanned two decades and featured several dead ends and detours. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club, After a while, you adjust, or rather, you get tired of probing the slightly-off evidence of your eyes and the headache it produces. – Taylor Antrim, Vogue, De Niro is in top form… he hasn’t been this good in years, and his rather understated performance really carries the movie. Copyright © 2018 Fandango. – A.A. Dowd, AV Club. 88 MINUTES (2008) - 5%Through the latter half of his career, Al Pacino took on a lot of action roles … Riz Ahmed’s Celebrated Turn In Sound of Metal Brought Him Closer to Stillness, Pain, and Big Questions, The Best Movies of 2020 – Best New Films of the Year, Never Have I Ever Showrunner: “Mindy Wanted To Create A Show That Didn’t Exist When She Was Growing Up”, WandaVision First Episodes Set Up the Mystery of Who’s Behind The Sitcom World These Avengers Now Inhabit, WandaVision‘s Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany Say the MCU Heroes Are ‘Literal Soulmates’, Marvel TV News: Moon Knight Adds Ethan Hawke, Loki Season 2, and Crossbones’ Return. Expectations were that the new Martin Scorsese film, The Irishman, would be well-received. Like this? – Karen Han, Polygon, This is a remarkably brisk three-and-a-half hours — Scorsese, at a ripe 76, still directs with the energy of a hungry young filmmaker. This is Scorsese at his most reflective, crafting a masterwork that finds the filmmaker reflecting on everything he’s done, and what it’s all amounted to. The Irishman launched on Rotten Tomatoes with a perfect score and even as more reviews roll in, that score hasn't wavered at all. If early projections hold, Scorsese's latest project has the potential to be as good, if not better than any of his earlier works: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, or King of Comedy. – Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, This is Scorsese’s least sentimental picture of mob life, and for that reason his most poignant. (Photo by Andrew Cooper / © Columbia Pictures ). There are aspects of The Irishman that recall David Lynch’s work on The Return. The Irishman 3h 28m Gangster Movies Hit man Frank Sheeran looks back at the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family in this acclaimed film from Martin Scorsese. The nominations for the 26th Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this Wednesday, and with them, awards season is coming into sharper focus. Bombshell pulled off a particular feat, with each of its main three stars – Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie, and Nicole Kidman – nominated; The Irishman was not able to pull off the same trifecta, with Robert De Niro snubbed, as he was in the Golden Globe nominations, while Al Pacino and Joe Pesci earned nods for their supporting roles. – Matt Singer, ScreenCrush, Move over Braveheart. Subscribe to our newsletter and get more features, news, and guides in your inbox every week. – Frazier Tharpe, Complex, If one fault could be found with Scorsese’s latest work, it’s the waste of intriguing women characters. THE IRISHMAN: 26 MILLION HOMES WATCHED THE MARTIN SCORSESE MOVIE IN ITS FIRST WEEK ON NETFLIX (Photo by Netflix) Movie studios’ losses have been Netflix’s gain with the Martin Scorsese epic The Irishman, as more than 26 million homes watched at least 70 percent of the movie – the 3.5-hour mob movie – in the first week after its November 27 debut on the streaming service.