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Monday, 28 July 2014

Shutter Island

Also Known As:
Unknown
Year:
2009
Country:
United States…
Predominant Genre:
Mystery
Director:
Martin Scorsese…
Best Performances:
None
Premiss:
A US Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby.
Themes:
Guilt
Compassion
Similar (in Plot, Theme or Style) to:
Unknown
Review Format:
DVD

Silly & Derivative

This film has two basic problems it can never overcome:

  1. The lead actor simply cannot act; making us care little for his plight;
  2. plot-wise, if what we initially think is happening was actually happening, it would have been a far more interesting and more satisfying thriller;
    1. there are no significant insights into human nature to justify this movie's over-length; hence, the vain attempt at overly-elaborate plotting to compensate.

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