Martin Scorsese's latest film, Shutter Island, is absolutely fascinating, at times frustrating, too long by half an hour, has pacing issues - and is worth seeing twice. In fact, it's almost necessary to see it twice. A psychological drama reminiscent of Hitchcock's work, Shutter Island (despite its flaws) not only solidifies the fact Scorsese's a master filmmaker, but showcases the best performance of Leonardo DiCaprio's career.
The Story
To say too much about the story would be giving the twists of the plot away, and I don't want to spoil the experience for anyone. So, the least possible spoiler-ish explanation of the film is that it's 1954 and U.S. Marshals have been called out to investigate the disappearance of a woman who murdered her children and has been locked up at the Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane since being found guilty of the horrible act. The hospital is located on Shutter Island, a remote location available only by ferry.
As a hurricane bears down on the island, U.S Marshal Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) and U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) must try and figure out how the murderess escaped from a locked room without anyone noticing and where she could possibly have wandered off to on the small island in the middle of nowhere. Again, that's the basics, but in no way is it the real meat of the story. To say more would risk ruining the suspense of watching Shutter Island play out.
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