Oh, oh, oh .No, no, no

Rating: 1/10 (10 March 2010)

The best thing you can say about this film is that it was true to the book--overwrought, predictable and talky. The second best thing you can say is that DiCaprio never dogs it, no matter what stupid mess he shows up in--Gangs of New York, anybody? And now this. He always comes to fight. The previews really made things look exciting, but ten minutes into the movie and anyone could see where it was leading. DiCaprio looked twitchy and unreliable from the start, and Ruffalo's snide tone when addressing him was a dead giveaway. So once again, we have the deluded murderer who constructs another life because he can't live with what he's done--and a whole bunch of histrionics. Plus rats! And Nazis! This is the kind of thing that Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Lloyd would have knocked out in 26 minutes.--In fact, I believe they did. It was called 'Premonition' and starred John Forsythe. Look it up.