Watching the movie a second time around, it cannot be stressed enough what skill de Nero Possess in stressing so much through his facial expressions. Upon being burdened with the task of dealing with Hoffa, the agony he went through in keeping to the task, and that it is expressed only through his facial expressions, especially while having breakfast with Rus has gotta be one of the main parts of the movie for me.
Another episode that I really enjoyed was Frank's chat with his other daughter, Dolores (Marlin Ireland) upon repeated failures in talking to his eldest daughter, Peggy. The look of "oh, give me a break dad", given by Dolores, to me was excellent acting, and should've totally destroyed Frank.
Frank's remorse is best captured in his statement, "how can a man make a
phone call like that?", during his attempt to absolve him of his sins,
with a priest.
The only relative weak part for me was de Nero as a young man in his 20s in the army, or as a truck driver. I read somewhere that Scorsese was aware of this shortcoming. In a way I guess he was confident of the strength of the overall composition making the viewers disregard this minor point.
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