everything you have heard about this movie is true.

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Not to be 'snobbish,' but it may be that I've been watching a lot of European movies lately, because I thought this film was laughably bad. I cringed about every five minutes, and could only watch the film in 15-minute intervals. Ruffalo and DaCaprio with phony noir accents, Ben Kingsley doing a poor imitation of Vincent Price, Contrived art direction that was worthy of Young Frankenstein (although Shutter Island apparently isn't supposed to be a comedy. The two FBI agents walking around in pajamas without their guns? And this film was produced before the Trump presidency. Well, chacun a son gout.

I did not think this was bad. But as a guy who directed my favorite movie(Silence, along with The Last Temptation of Christ) and other favorites like The Aviator or The Departed-who also have the same star, I found this to be weak. It was engaging at first and had a mind blowing end, but the middle seemed to lag behind. I hated The Wolf of Wall Street, and this is only one movie better. It's not bad, if you want to see it, I won't discourage it. Just know Martin can do better than this.

Not sure why this particular director is always so highly praised. I watched with the hopes that this movie would be different from his others, based on some reviews that claimed it broke away from his usual pattern. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment, I should have known better. About 15 minutes into the movie I realized what was going on and how it would end. Not sure why it is so highly praised. Once I realized what was going on the movie seemed unbearably slow.

I never really planned to watch this film because I read the book years before they made this movie. However, a boring afternoon caused me to break down and finally watch it. While the movie does not stray too far from the spirit of the book, it addresses some aspects in a different way that I found quite satisfying. Anyway, I will leave the serious reviews to those who can actually write.