That said, the performances by De Niro, Al Pacino and Pesci have received near-unanimous praise (although De Niro was controversially snubbed for the Best Actor nominations at next year’s Golden Globes).
Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman is one of the hottest contenders for awards season in 2020, and now, Netflix recently announced, a hit on its streaming service.
The Independent‘s critic Clarisse Loughrey called the movie a “throwback to Scorsese’s golden age” in her review, and hailed a “delicate” De Niro and “revelatory” Pesci.
13.2 million US viewers watched the film on Netflix over its first five days of release, according to Nielsen data (falling short of the 16.9 million who watched Bird Box).