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Shutter Island

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Great 4.0

Mannered, overtly creepy, and a bit wearying, Scorsese’s trip inside one man’s tortured mind is never less than showy-g…

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Great 4.0

Another forced march with Leonardo, this one even more harrowing than in Body of Lies

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Great 4.0

A film school clinic, Shutter Island steers clear of camp while revisiting old school pulp. Thus Scorsese is the dir…

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Sordid 2.7

Several instances of once-in-a-century inhumanity are brought to life: a mother drowns her children (a la "Andrea Yates…

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Glib 1.9

The movie makes much of DiCaprio’s character having been one of the GIs who liberated Dachau. This seems accurately sh…

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Great 4.0

Elements of Hitchcock and Stephen King packaged with the cinematic prowess of Scorsese as an ominous thriller. The pr…

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Very Good 3.5

Leonardo DiCaprio fits as the tormented detective. He puts out with great range and believable psychosis. Sidekick Ruf…

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Great 4.0

I liked the way Scorsese packaged up great elements of psycho-thriller, mystery/suspense, and good old fashioned charac…

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Sordid 2.8

As you’d expect criminally insane people perform criminally insane acts.

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Surreal 2.6
Good 3.0

I enjoyed this movie as a mindless entertainment flick. There was good acting, but I found the film to be entirely pred…

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Great 4.0
Very Good 3.5
Risqué 2.2
Glib 1.2

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May 19, 2010 9:56PM
Wick Small

Regarding hurwizzle’s Review
Interesting. It was the reverse for me: liked the movie but not the trailer.

May 19, 2010 6:25PM
jasonhurwitz

Regarding hurwizzle’s Review
I enjoyed the trailer more than I enjoyed the movie. Damn.

Feb 24, 2010 2:27PM
MJ5K Small

OMG Thank you for posting a review, Wick. I’ve been hearing so many mixed reactions and from what I saw on “At the Movies”, it wasn’t lookin too good but now that I’ve seen your review, this is surely gonna be a great one.

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