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The Aviator (2004)

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Reviews Counted:212

Fresh:186

Rotten:26

Average Rating:7.8/10

Consensus: Highly evocative of the period, Scorcese's biopic of Howard Hughes is being hailed as another excellent film from the master.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic elements, sexual content, nudity, language and crash sequence

Runtime: 2 hr. 35 min.

Genre: Drama

Theatrical Release: Dec 17, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $102.6M

Synopsis: A biographical chronicle which charts the early years of famous tycoon, Howard Hughes (1905-1976), whose eclectic career spanned across everything... A biographical chronicle which charts the early years of famous tycoon, Howard Hughes (1905-1976), whose eclectic career spanned across everything from oil, for which he cared little, to film, casinos, and aviation--as he turned millions of dollars into billions. [More]

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda, Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner, Stanley de Santis, Edward Herrmann, Willem Dafoe, Kenneth Walsh, J.C. MacKenzie, Sam Hennings, Vincent Laresca, Rufus Wainwright, Justin Shilton, Chris Ufland, Josie Maran, Nellie Sciutto, Stanley DeSantis

Director: Martin Scorsese

Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: John Logan
Producer: Charles Evans, Graham King, Graham King Jr, Michael Mann, Sandy Climan
Distributor: Miramax

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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

This handsome movie is an oddly well-behaved one to come from the preternaturally energetic Scorsese.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
Feb 3, 2010
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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It’s all rather sprawling and a bit disjointed, but Scorsese’s vigorous pacing and eye for detail hold it all together and provide a vivid setting for DiCaprio’s masterful performance (his best work yet).

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
Aug 7, 2008
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

This almost-great epic has one foot in legend: it's a vision of an American titan that could have sprung from the insides of Hughes's own obsessive, perfectionist head.

Full Review Source: Newsweek | comment Comment
Nov 1, 2007
David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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Scorsese's most engaged and engaging filmmaking in a while.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
Jul 23, 2007
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Its plot moves from event to event without a story driving it and the audience is left drifting along.

Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment 2 Comments
Jul 14, 2007
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

All tabloid style gloss accessorized with brassy special effects, and bloated storytelling based loosely on period gossip.

Full Review Source: WBAI Web Radio | comment Comment
Feb 8, 2007
Prairie Miller
Prairie Miller
WBAI Web Radio

full review in Greek

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment 1 Comment
Oct 3, 2006
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

It's almost predictable in the way it delivers the cinematic goods, yet there's no denying that it is a compelling and entertaining look at a larger-than-life individual.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
Sep 1, 2006
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

The Aviator feels like old-fashioned Hollywood with a bracing jolt of Scorsese's cinematic flair

Full Review Source: Cinema Writer | comment Comment
Aug 19, 2006
Jay Antani
Jay Antani
Cinema Writer

Despite a pacy, technically brilliant but otherwise slightly ordinary first half-hour or so, Scorsese’s Howard Hughes movie is his best since The Age of Innocence.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Jun 24, 2006
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Scorsese gives us a lot more than the Charles Foster Kane of the clouds. He keeps focus on Hughes, the dreamer, who continually reached out, grabbed the future and pulled it toward him.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
Jan 17, 2006
Jim Schembri
Jim Schembri
Sydney Morning Herald

It's a measure of The Aviator's complexity and ambiguity that it can be read equally as a celebration of rugged, capitalist individualism and as a leftist critique of cutthroat free-market competition.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
Sep 26, 2005
Nathan Rabin
Nathan Rabin
AV Club

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Full Review Source: Bullz-Eye.com | comment Comment
Jul 5, 2005
Bullz-Eye.com

Beneath the glossy surface there's a niggling lack of depth, but otherwise this is a grand, impressive Tinseltown drama.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Jun 25, 2005
Simon Braund
Simon Braund
Empire Magazine

A tremendous success.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
Jun 2, 2005
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

The Aviator is more than entertaining and engrossing enough to keep you interested ... for at least 130 minutes or so.

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
May 24, 2005
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com

Its primary appeal is its speed: It rushes along, from scandal to air crash to movie romance to Senate hearing, each anecdote well realized but never tarried over.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
May 20, 2005
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Regardless of the fact that The Aviator may not be Scorsese's best work, it is unquestionably a creative piece of moviemaking.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
May 13, 2005
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

If the folks who made Hollywood were going to make a movie today it would be made like The Aviator.

Full Review Source: 3BlackChicks Review | comment Comment
Apr 27, 2005
Kamal  'The Diva' Larsuel
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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