Shutter Island (2010)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 241
Fresh: 165 | Rotten: 76
It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.
Average Rating: 6.3/10
Critic Reviews: 44
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 16
It may not rank with Scorsese's best work, but Shutter Island's gleefully unapologetic genre thrills represent the director at his most unrestrained.
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of Shutter Island, a novel by Dennis Lehane (Mystic River). The film opens in 1954 as World War II veteran and current federal marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner, Chuck (Mark Ruffalo), ferry to Shutter Island, a water-bound mental hospital housing the criminally insane. They have been asked to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a patient admitted to the
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Leonardo DiCaprio
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Mark Ruffalo
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Ben Kingsley
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Michelle Williams
Dolores -
Max von Sydow
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Patricia Clarkson
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Emily Mortimer
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Jackie Earle Haley
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Ted Levine
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John Carroll Lynch
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Elias Koteas
Andrew Laeddis -
Ruby Jerins
Young Girl -
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Kearns
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A brilliantly constructed mystery.
Top CriticAs senseless, perverse and unwieldy as it undoubtedly is, Shutter Island might be Scorsese's most enjoyable film in a decade.
It comes on strong, but in its bloody heart of hearts it's no more resonant than one of those old Vincent Price-Edgar Allan Poe contraptions - and less entertaining, too.
Umberto Eco wrote, "Two clichés make us laugh but a hundred clichés move us, because we sense dimly that the clichés are talking among themselves, celebrating a reunion." Shutter Island is that reunion, and that shrine.
Sorry, but the late reward hardly justifies all that punishment.
A movie that keeps you guessing to the end and then -- miraculously -- makes the guessing pay off.
Scorsese keeps the tension at a pitch of near-constant hysteria. Yet when the solution to the mystery is finally revealed, you're left with a sense of disappointment
Story quibbling aside, Shutter Island is high on atmosphere, in large part due to the visuals, and the collaboration between Scorsese and (Cinematographer) Robert Richardson actually feels like the two men having a blast with their craft.
... Shutter Island, the fourth collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, is the best work they have done together.
It's a strong and at times gripping offering from Hollywood's cosiest A-list filmmaker/star pairing.
Every detail of the production design is on point for maximum dread and psychic confusion.
As hard as Shutter Island works to convince you that is a dumb but flashy thriller when it is actually a fairly smart one, it may well be as hollow as any magic trick.
Scorsese and DiCaprio, in their fourth film together, again create an intense, provocative film-going experience, where the ride, accommodations, and destination are all first class.
Not the masterpiece I was hoping for...
Fortunately, the music chosen to underscore the ever-increasing sense of unease and mystery (artfully selected by Robbie Robertson) is a constant pleasure.
Shutter Island, is even less 'important' than The Departed. But Scorsese is clearly enjoying himself with this old-school throwback to thrillers past. And it's hard not to revel in it with him.
Despite its shortcomings Shutter Island is still miles better than the usual stuff we are spoon-fed nowadays. Welcome to the world of horror, Marty ... please stay a while and get comfortable.
When the big reveal hits, it's the first big yawn of the film, and the tension dies a sudden death as we wait impatiently for the film to tie up all of its loose ends.
Shutter Island, after an involving and entertaining beginning, settles for a victory by judges' decision rather than a final knockout.
Multiplex entertainment this distinctive and provocative doesn't come along every day: it's a head trip well worth taking. [Blu-ray]
Great behind the scenes extras (but sadly, no commentary).
Audience Reviews for Shutter Island
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- Dolores: You have to let me go.
- Teddy Daniels: I can't!
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- Teddy Daniels: I'm not gonna leave. I love you so much.
- Dolores: I'm just bones in a box, Teddy.
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- Teddy Daniels: Which is worse, to live as a monster or to die as a good man?
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- Dr. Cawley: Sanity is not a choice Marshall, you can't just choose to get over it.
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- Rachel Solando: You're smarter than you look, Marshal. That's probably not a good thing.
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- Teddy Daniels: You know, this place makes me wonder, which would be worse... to live as a monster? Or to die as a good man?
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