Scorsese scores....again.

Rating: 9/10 (17 February 2005)

OK, how good is this film? It's brilliant. Gorgeous to look at, beautifully shot, great character work and totally compelling. Scorses shows here that he is, along with Spielberg, THE greatest director around. The guy was just born to make movies. He also manages to get DiCaprio's best performance since "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?". He shows the full range here, and anyone doubting this guy's talent should get a load of this. Blanchett is superb also and Beckinsale looks like she's having a ball here.
I saw the Baftas, Scorsese should have won but they want to give it to the British directors. However, the Academy awards should be a different story. We all know Jamie Foxx is gonna win. He's a brilliant actor, but he's nominated in another category and DiCaprio was completely robbed of an Oscar by Tommy Lee Jones for....The Fugitive for goodness sake! I just hope the Academy get their acts together and give DiCaprio and especially Scorsese, the Oscars they both deserve.
PS. Kate Winslet for best actress. She should have won about three times already. Flying the flag for Britain and doing it WELL.