Dull Thriller Offers Nothing New

Rating: 3/10 (16 September 2018)

With all the talent involved in this, you'd think it'd be a lot more interesting than it is. From the moment the film begins with it's loud, bombastic score, you just have to laugh at how serious everyone's taking this well worn series of cliches.
If it happened to be just a bit more ridiculous, it'd be great as midnight movie camp, but instead, it wallows in mediocrity, trying not to shock or upset anyone too much. It never strays far from respectability.
Leonardo DiCaprio furrows his brow a lot and looks constipated for the majority of the film and decides to call that a performance, but it's not really his fault. He's not the one who wrote the story.
There's no one single tense or scary set piece to be found and, by the time the big twist is revealed, anyone with half a brain will feel insulted.
Shutter Island is handsomely made, middle brow fluff without anything interesting to recommend. Skip it!