Bravo Mr. DiCaprio, Mr. Hughes, The Entire Cast and Story, Bravo!!

Rating: 10/10 (5 April 2006)

This is the movie changed my mind about DiCaprio - he is positively brilliant as Howard Hughes a man whom I've always held in the highest regard. Having said that makes me also focus on the films one flaw. the compulsion to portray the exceptional as eccentric or flawed psychologically. At the beginning of the 20th Century we much admired the brilliant and extraordinarily productive; now the trend - indoctrinated by the NEA schools and academia - is to find them abnormal and praise, instead, conformity. All part of Dewey's plan for education to create a docile compliant citizenry. How VERY wrong that is. Fortunately the gifted people who produced this film and the superb acting by all make this a truly memorable experience. HBH