Shutter Island Reviews
Movie Talk
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
Cinematical
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.
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
... Shutter Island, the fourth collaboration between Scorsese and DiCaprio, is the best work they have done together.
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| Original Score: A
Digital Spy
It's a strong and at times gripping offering from Hollywood's cosiest A-list filmmaker/star pairing.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Top Critic
Movies.com
Every detail of the production design is on point for maximum dread and psychic confusion.
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| Original Score: 4/5
ComingSoon.net
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.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Bangitout.com
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Cinema Crazed
Not the masterpiece I was hoping for...
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| Original Score: 3/4
JWR
Fortunately, the music chosen to underscore the ever-increasing sense of unease and mystery (artfully selected by Robbie Robertson) is a constant pleasure.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Quickflix
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.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
DCist
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.
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| Original Score: 5/10
Window to the Movies
Shutter Island, after an involving and entertaining beginning, settles for a victory by judges' decision rather than a final knockout.
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| Original Score: 6/10
Groucho Reviews
Multiplex entertainment this distinctive and provocative doesn't come along every day: it's a head trip well worth taking. [Blu-ray]
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| Original Score: 3/4
Movie Metropolis
...a creepy psychological thriller...short on psychology, characterization, suspense, tension, or thrills.
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| Original Score: 6/10
NewsBlaze
A basically just kidding Boston offshore yarn featuring fleeing assorted lost and found psychos, born again Nazis, and Red Scare gulag rehab for unrepentant communists on the loose that, well, doesn't amount to a hill of baked beans.
Cinema em Cena
Ilha do Medo é O Iluminado de Martin Scorsese.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Uruguay Total
Por momentos excesiva y algo decepcionante, resulta de todos modos un inquietante ejercicio sobre la locura servido con gran habilidad por Martin Scorsese.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Shutter Island is second-tier Scorsese, but not one of his misfires. It does the gothic horror genre proud, but fails to transcend it.
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Draxblog Movie Reviews
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| Original Score: 7/10
