Parts of the "Aviator" should be grounded

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2004)

Overall, a pretty good movie but dragged on way too long and then came to a somewhat abrupt ending.
Leonardo Dicapprio did an excellent job with the character and there were outstanding supporting performances by Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda.
This movie seemed to waste too much time on some of his eccentricities and playing them out instead of giving us more info about Howard Hughes.
I thought this movie would be Oscar-caliber, the performances are, the movie itself isn't.