Just really boring..........

Rating: 3/10 (23 March 2007)

I was shocked at how long & drawn out this movie was. After 1 and a half hours in, both my daughter and myself had had enough. I was hoping for a glimpse of Hollywood's "Golden Years" and characterizations of famous stars. Other than Cait Blanchett as Kate Hepburn - who literally made the movie for me, she was so amazing - the rest of the movie fell very flat. Leo's scowl throughout most of the movie became very annoying and the constant references to airplanes - I know, the movie was about aviation - just wasn't interesting enough to sustain a movie of that length. I felt that Leo was a thin caricature of Howard Hughes - and his descent into madness was not a convincing portrayal.