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Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2011)

This film has so much wrong with it, where do I start. First, it's boring. That's enough. This film is a tedious, uninformative, self-aggrandizing pseudo-epic that historically inaccurately attempts to portray a portion of Howard Hughes' life.
The character of Kate Hepburn is gigantic in this film, unfortunately she is poorly portrayed by the great actress Cate Blanchett. Blanchett does not even approach emulating Hepburn except for maybe one or two lines. What is left is a poor attempt at an imitation.
Next, Leonardo DiCaprio is simply too young. He has a baby face, looks 19 and is never convincing as Hughes.
Kate Beckensale is the sole redeeming presence in this film as Ava Gardner. She is excellent, dynamic and a tour de force standing up to Hughes scene after scene.
This film deviates so much from aviation, where should I start. Starting will Hughes as a filmmaker, takes up most of the first third of the film.
The film never delves interesting into the economics of Hughes' reality, for example, how he had to give the banks the voting rights to his shares of TWA so he could obtain loans to buy jets to compete in the 1950's.
This film makes the viewer want to scream to say: end, end, please end, this is three hours of my life that I will never get back.
The film deals with Hughes' mental degeneration as an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It get's boring the second time around.
I watched "Dances with Wolves," the night after I watched this film, which was excellent in comparison.