way overrated (spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2010)

Was looking forward to seeing this yesterday and thought the set and music at the beginning meant I was in for a good ride. Boy were we disappointed. How this movie is getting all these accolades and rated so highly is a mystery. I guess if Scorsese is directing and Caprio and Kingsley are in it its automatically a winner, not this time. The movie isn't really boring, its the type of movie where you keep expecting something to happen and it never does.Just one scene after another leaving you with that unfinished feeling. Nothing really strange ever happens, which you would expect in a forensic mental hospital, its not particularly violent and the twist is really obvious. Too bad because Ben Kingsley is one of my favourite actors and his role as head Psychiatrist could've been a real scene stealer in a more interesting movie but his role was very pedestrian.