This was a good film, rather than a great film

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2003)

I won't go over the story - It's been well described. 1) Direction - good but not up to Scorsese's best 2) Acting - Daniel Day-Lewis 10/10 (The film is worth seeing just for his performance. This will definitely earn him an Oscar). Jim Broadbent - 8/10 extremely creditable. Leonardo Di Caprio - 6/10. OK but somewhat disappointing. Cameron Diaz. 5/10. So-so and her role was not just superfluous but rather distracting in many respects. 3) Cinematography - 9/10. Stunning and any of the CGI effects were seamless. 4) Editing. Very poor. 2/10 It always amazes me how poor editing can make or break a movie and I regret that Scorsese took his eye off the ball, in this respect. (The bad editing disrupts the flow to the extent that things get disjointed and confusing at times). 5) Screenplay - 5/10. Could easily have been improved. I can't but hope that at some future date, they'll be a re-release of this film that has been re-edited. It would be a big improvement. All the above taken into account, it still was a good film. At 2hrs 45 minutes, it is too long. 2 hours would have been the perfect length.