An unusual film

Rating: 6/10 (8 October 2006)

Howard Hughes makes an interesting choice of subject for Martin Scorsese. This is, as you would expect, beautifully filmed- the colouration process used throughout being of perhaps particular interest. Unfortunately for me, I just didn't buy it. It might just be that I am not a big fan of Leonardo Di Caprio- although he puts in (what I personally consider) a career-best performance in this film; or maybe it was an inability to engage fully with the subject- Howard Hughes is probably a somewhat obscure figure to most people nowadays, besides it is possibly difficult for most people to identify with a reclusive billionaire. Another point that can be made is that there are several continuity and factual errors throughout the film. Although this is not immediately obvious on first viewing, it leaves the impression that perhaps the film crew's attention was not as focused as it might have been during shooting, and this is certainly the impression that I was left with. In short, it's a good film, but certainly not one of Scorsese's best.