I was curious about HOFFA because it's directed by Danny de Vito and in THE IRISHMAN Hoffa is played by Al Pacino and, since I really like Jack Nicholson I knew I had to see this movie.
It begins on 30 July, 1975 with Jimmy Hoffa (Nicholson) and his friend Bobby Ciaro (De Vito) that wait in a parking lot. The movie then unfolds in vignettes reminiscing Hoffa's life. From when he joined the workers' movements to the truckers' strike, to when he meets boss Carol D'Alessandro (Armand Assante) and has a speech with Robert Kennedy in his wide office, to his arrest and subsequent freeing, to his murder in the parking lot.
De Vito directs nicely and Nicholson is good as usual, and also J T Walsh and John Reilly are spot-on. My issues were that it could have benefited of some trimming of at least 15 minutes, because at times the pace looked dull and the acting stilted. As it is, I wouldn't put it among Nicholson's best movies but it's still good.
It begins on 30 July, 1975 with Jimmy Hoffa (Nicholson) and his friend Bobby Ciaro (De Vito) that wait in a parking lot. The movie then unfolds in vignettes reminiscing Hoffa's life. From when he joined the workers' movements to the truckers' strike, to when he meets boss Carol D'Alessandro (Armand Assante) and has a speech with Robert Kennedy in his wide office, to his arrest and subsequent freeing, to his murder in the parking lot.
De Vito directs nicely and Nicholson is good as usual, and also J T Walsh and John Reilly are spot-on. My issues were that it could have benefited of some trimming of at least 15 minutes, because at times the pace looked dull and the acting stilted. As it is, I wouldn't put it among Nicholson's best movies but it's still good.