Martin Scorcese’s SHUTTER ISLAND is an intense and gripping film!
Yet somehow his fourth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio is not one of Scorcese’s better ones.
Go figure…
Fans of Dennis Lehane’s novel, on which the screenplay is based, will most likely come away from the
Dexter Morgan
Jack, I heard this has a bit of a Sixth Sense element to it, meaning a second viewing would make more sense…as if the ending has a big “reveal” about the main character. Is that kind of what you are referring to?
jack
Dexter, I agree. A second time would be fun to just start looking for ‘signs’.
But in all honesty I talked to another reviewer (Shawn Edwards) at our screening who had seen the picture a week earlier and came back for a second viewing.
Did it get any better for him the second time around? “…not really,” he said.
Shawn Edwards
It would have been good if it had the Wayans brothers in it.
tracy thomas
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gene
Your review was right on. This is a disappointment for Scorcese. And DiCaprio was way over the top. He should stick to chick flicks.
Tinisha Bechtel
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