Heady movie, with one flaw

Rating: 9/10 (31 August 2018)

I loved this film. I am usually not into big budget productions and I tend not to like computer generated imagery. But the story here is just so good and grand, that there was no way to tell it without overwhelming effects. It is the perfect use of those over the top graphics, which run perfectly parallel to the over the top premise. The dialogue is perfect, the direction is strong, the score is good, the editing is sharp, DiCaprio is magnificent. The only bad thing about the entire endeavor is Ellen Page. She's flat, as always. Had that role been given to a talented actress like Taryn Manning or Juliette Lewis (with the part re-written to work with her age) instead of an empty show-biz personality like Ellen Page, this would have been a 10 star film, all the way.