The Emergence of the Greatest Actor of The 21st Century

Rating: 10/10 (9 January 2020)

Leonardo DiCaprio was all ready one of the most well known names in Hollywood. For most of the 90's, especially post Titanic there wasn't a single girl over the age of 8 who wasnt in love with him. He was the epitome of a teenage heartthrob. While his acting in such films as This Boys Life, Whats Eating Gilbert Grape, The Baskeball Diaries, and the aforementioned Titanic was to me superb, I hadnt seen a perofrmance that made me set him above his contemporaries. This was the one. He became a Man in this movie to me, shedding the stigma of a pretty boy to a truely acclaimed thespian.
Tom Hanks was a good as he always is, though i felt at times left wondering what James Gandolfini would have done differently with the role. Hanks just does what we always expect, turns in a great performance with what seems like no effort.
The Best performance to me in the Film( apart from Leo's) is Christopher Walkens. Every scene he is in, you really feel the pain that he is going through as he loses everything. I cant really express in words the emotion he evokes, but watch the scene where he is pleading in the bank for some assistance.
Look for other great small performances from Martin Sheen, and a really young Amy Adams.