For once, the people are right

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2012)

I don't think this fill garnered much critical praise, but going by the voting on IMDb and the estimated gross earnings of this film, it certainly seems to have been a popular success.
How surprising this is, considering it is such a dark film with a modernist approach to cinema.
Normally, I am with the critics. Most blockbusters (fair enough, this is hardly a blockbuster, but you get my drift) are just dreadful films, but they pull in the punters. And why not, as the Man says. Everyone has to make a living, and turning celluloid into profit is what Hollywood has been doing best for almost a century. Well done Hollywood, I say.
To those who knock the studios all I have to say is: most of the time when you sit down to watch a film, you have some idea of what to expect and if if you don't like blockbusters DON'T GO AND SEE THEM!
But I digress; Shutter Island is hardly a blockbuster. But it was and is popular. It has a strong following but few (if any) of the reviews I have read of the film were impressed.
Well, in this case, the critics are just wrong. This is one of Scorcese's best films. Yep, I mean that. For the maker of Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, I would rate Shutter Island as among his best.
Let's make a prediction - long after Scorcese has gone and the film historians of the future are considering his work, they will regard Shutter Island as his most profound. I know, you scoff. I am and idiot. Yeah, yeah, maybe so. But look, watch the film and let me know, eh?