Tiresome, cheesy, predictable...

Rating: 3/10 (30 January 2003)

(possible MINOR spoilers. Unlikely to ruin your enjoyment of the film.)
Having heard 'good things' about Scorcese's films, and being incredibly bored, I went to see this film...
I came out of the cinema irritated, bored to death and on the verge of suicide.
It's cheesy, 'Hollywood Production Line' rubbish the whole way through. DiCaprio and his 'dead father' made me want to projectile vomit... it's an incredibly unoriginal sub-plot: 'boy avenges dead father'. The romantic sub-plot was, also, unbelievably predictable. You know they're going to 'fall in love' the first time you see the woman. It did nothing for me.
It goes on for far too long. I was coping okay until I realised it was barely half way through. By the end I was completely desperate to be OUT of the cinema. Don't make a film long unless it really can keep the audience's attention.
Good things about the film:
1. Blood on snow. Beautiful. 2. Meat cleavers.