The Eccentric Aviator

Rating: 6/10 (8 September 2010)

The first few reels suffers from poor dialogue (in fact the dialogue and editing is poor thru out), mismatched characters. As the movie makes progress towards the end when Leonardo Decaprio sports a mustache and dissects his hair in the middle like Howard Hughes the movie begins to take shape. I don't think Ava Gardner was that close to Hughes as depicted in the movie. The only acting of repute is Leonardo's. The crash scene close to Beverly Hills and the Spuruce Goose taking off are worth the ticket. I am not too postitive about the movie..there is something lacking..editing may be or the dialogue? The dialogue is not brisk. The Senate hearings are probably the best dialogue (this may be since it was part of the public records.) Rest of the movie is second hand knowledge with only one person-a nurse-who knew much about his eccenticites which are not hilarious but genuinely bizarre--commissurate with the Genius of Hughes.