Crazy movie

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2005)

And the story is also that of a crazy man, the famous millionaire Howard Hughes who had a tremendous initiative power always acting stubbornly against all tides and winds to achieve his aims. Besides a great businessman he also excelled in such different activities as plane driver and movie director. Crazy and unpredictable but also a human being with all the respective frailties and idiosyncrasies. In my opinion DiCaprio was not a good choice for this character since his boyish appearance and manners make the character very unconvincing. It would require a more strong personality such as of De Niro or Liam Neeson for instance. And a curious note: the portrayed characters never get physically older. All of them during the about 30 years in which the story develops itself, keep the same physical aspect which they had at their first appearance including the main character after all those vicissitudes he had to endure. Also the sudden changes of Hughes from sanity to insanity and back are not well characterized or explained, with DeCaprio revealing himself a mediocre actor once more. But except these flaws the movie is well done, the story is solid and sound and its events develop themselves in a good rhythm and the music is excellent. The scenes of the Senate Committee hearings are also a high moment in the movie. After all this movie is worth to be seen.