This Movie is a Horrible Experience

Rating: 1/10 (19 February 2010)

...made more so by Scorsese's mastery.
It's as though Michaelangelo mustered all of his talents to paint the mangled bodies of dead children.
Despite superb acting and direction, and a masterful score, the movie didn't actually work on me. I became removed by a faltering second act, a second dream sequence that detached the story from itself, and a disappointing degree of predictability.
But as a parent, I'm glad I was de-immersed. It largely inoculated me from the dreadfulness that would follow.
But the rest of the audience was, apparently, not so lucky. As I left the theater what I saw were psychologically traumatized people as a morose darkness had descended upon their Friday night.
If your idea of a good evening out is to be severely psychologically disturbed, this is a movie for you. Dead ringer anyone? Which begs the question: Why? Why bother making this turd of a movie. Because you can? F you Mr Scorsese. The world's ugly enough without your vision.