"Wake Up Marty" You're Sleeping On The Stick !

Rating: 1/10 (30 January 2005)

Scorsese at one point was an excellent director but he forgot the basic ingredient of making a film  which is emotion. Without emotion there is no film  what we have is a docudrama with very good editing. If the editing had been poor  We would have had to get up and leave. As far as the script goes  there wasn't any - just a series of scenes of Howard Hughes life, which anyone could have read in the old newspaper files. We can't say that we have learned anything new and important in this film at all.
We believe DiCaprio did a fair job but we can't blame him entirely since the script was so poorly written. As far as the other actors  What a waste of time. Cate Blanchett 's over-acting as Katherine Hepburn was pitiful and Kate Beckinsale version of Ava Gardner  all we can say is "What was she thinking". The only acting and emotion in this film was done by Alan Alda  Bravo
We wanted to like this film but the only redeeming quality was the editing.
Scorsese was a brilliant director years ago and we are still waiting for his next great film. If he receives any awards  they will be because of his old work  not the Aviator and seemingly in sympathy because they forgot the first time. Don't waste your money no matter what anyone says!