It doesn't help, it's Scorsese

Rating: 5/10 (29 March 2010)

A mental hospital close to Boston in 1954. OK nothing really new. Who is there? USA's most insane murderers, victims of McCarthyism, people being used for experiments by OSS? Never mind. You anyway get your usual share of dripping cellars, jump scenes (not very good) and DiCaprio as a crusader, trying to find out what is really going on.
Let's face it. He has his limits as an actor and here, he certainly keeps within them. Surely the turning point in the end could be surprising for those who aren't used to the usual thriller intrigue tricks, but I'm sorry to say that this is a big Scorsese failure. And for the first time, you are tempted to laugh at many wrong places.