Martin Scorsese has officially fulfilled all of the hype I have been curiously hearing about. Shutter Island will leave you stunned and wanting to see the film again . . . and again. The plot is just that surprising and twisty.
Leonard DiCaprio plays former U.S. Marshall and World War II veteran, Teddy Daniels . Along with his new partner, Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), the pair venture to Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital which is home to the most dangerous and criminally insane patients/prisoners. The two are there to investigate the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer) who magically escaped.
Teddy purposely wanted the task to travel to Shutter Island because he has ties to one of the patients and wants to investigate the facility further. However, upon arrival Teddy finds himself suffering from migraines and beautifully tragic hallucinations dating back to the death of his beloved wife along with his troubled World War II days, which is making the investigation more difficult than expected.
Teddy begins to interview patients as a part of his investigation. It seems that they are all attempting to relay the same message for him to escape the island while he can. And with the lack of answers from his detective work Teddy begins to wonder if Dr. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) and Dr. Naehring (Max von Sydow) have other intentions for him.
There are a crazy amount of surprising twists in this movie that I was not expecting. I’m keeping my review relatively brief so I don’t give too much away! I definitely feel like I have to see this movie at least a couple more times to fully grasp all of it’s amazing-ness.
There has been a lot of hype around Martin Scorsese and now I understand it. This movie is not only a mental hospital thriller, but it intrigues curiosity while remaining artistically visual and so adventurously entertaining. The hallucinations that Teddy has of his wife, played by the fabulous Michelle Williams, were filmed impeccably to illustrate the love that Teddy misses and the tragic series of events that haunt him. I feel like the hallucination scenes were the most impressive scenes Scorsese brought forth in this film.
If you like thrillers, I highly recommend seeing Shutter Island. If you are not into thrillers, you are missing out! This movie is worth breaking your comfort zone to see.
mmm i like leonardo dicaprio, emily mortimer (hollow bones….[30 rock]), mark ruffalo and michelle williams (one of Wilson Wilson’s girlfriends!), so this movie sounds great…AND TWISTY!
haha, twisties are the best. while i am not a huge fan of thrillers, i am fascinated by insanity and normally pleased with scorsese. this one sounds good!
ps: anyone notice that leo and martin have a love affair going on? he has been in so many scorsese films!
Twisties…sweet twisties.
This sounds like a good one. Why does the movie poster have to look so corny!? Lots more could have been done to that poster….just sayin.
i thought the same thing! the book cover is much more appealing: http://www.amazon.com/Shutter-Island-Novel-Dennis-Lehane/dp/0688163173
but of course, they came out with a new “movie cover” for the book. : /
Yes Jenna I have… The Departed, Shutter Island, The Aviator and probably some more. They may very well be in some sort of love affair.
But anyway… this movie was incredible. I loved it and I do want to see it again to watch everything a bit more closely.
Shutter Island is shivering psychological jigsaw puzzle with this many talented people get so utterly, confoundingly messed up. DiCaprio’s one of the best performances but director demonstrate so little control over the whole stuff.
The last twenty-five minutes of this film are so good. Loved it.
My full and extensive Shutter Island review:
http://film-book.com/film-review-shutter-island/