Meh, alright

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2010)

From the trailer, I expected Shutter Island to be a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat, gripping experience. To be frank, it's not. This is probably partly due to the movie's fairly long run time, 2 hrs and 18 min. It's very rare that a movie that long can hold my attention successfully. Lord of the Rings was almost the death of me. But I digress. I think that this movie wouldn't have dragged so much if they cut out, or at least severely shortened all of the main character's hallucinations. But there are some good points. Leonardo does a good job as a mentally disturbed cop, and this movie does get a bit disturbing and creepy at parts. The twist at the end is pretty awesome too. So, there isn't much wrong with this movie, but what is wrong really hurts it. To summarize: Good: Nice acting, good twist, creepy and sometimes disturbing Bad: Not as creepy as hoped, way too long with too many boring parts