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Mar 27, 2021howeshound rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Disappointing. A great cast, well-acted, but the story meanders and sprawls. Secondary characters appear and disappear with little impact on the narrative and the whole thing feels directionless. For me, it was like watching Apocalypse Now Redux instead of Coppola's first version, where you could understand how and why the director tightened it up. It's not a problem of length, there are plenty of longer films that grip from beginning to end and Scorsese usually has a firm grip on pacing. Here, the story tends to get lost in footnotes and sidebars, and you feel like you're watching a series of vignettes, interesting in themselves but struggling to add up to a compelling structure.