{"id":8046,"date":"2019-11-15T06:58:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8046"},"modified":"2019-11-15T06:59:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:59:04","slug":"review-the-irishman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/?p=8046","title":{"rendered":"Review: THE IRISHMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Three performances make Martin Scorsese\u2019s dour, mob epic, \u201cThe Irishman,\u201d an instant classic: (1) Joe Pesci as crime boss Russell Bufalino; (2) Robert De Niro as Frank \u201cThe Irishman\u201d Sheeran; and (3) Anna Paquin as Frank\u2019s daughter Peggy.

Recently, Scorsese\u2019s been taking heat on social media about his sparse use of Oscar-winning actress Paquin. The criticism is based chiefly on dialogue word count. But Peggy is a critical piece in understanding the film\u2019s profound message.

\u201cThe Irishman\u201d is the story of low-key mob killer and distant family man Frank Sheeran. Throughout the movie, Frank\u2019s long-suffering daughter, Peggy, acts as the conscience Frank never had. Paquin plays the older Peggy and drives shame home with very few words. It\u2019s an emotive performance where less is more. Like Lorraine Bracco\u2019s Karen Hill in \u201cGoodfellas,\u201d Peggy Sheeran is an integral part of the Scorsese collection. Only through a daughter\u2019s eyes can we see a father as the monster that he is. It\u2019s terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full review in online and in print in The Newnan Times-Herald: https:\/\/times-herald.com\/news\/2019\/11\/the-irishman-is-sad-tale-of-comeuppance<\/a>

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See it in theaters before it hits Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1824,760,1826,79,1825,1823,1770],"class_list":["post-8046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-al-pacino","tag-biopic","tag-de-aging","tag-drama","tag-joe-pesci","tag-martin-scorsese","tag-robert-de-niro","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8049,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyfilmfix.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}