The purpose of this film...

Rating: 10/10 (25 July 2005)

If you listen to what is really going on through out the movie- i.e. the secrecy of the island, Christo's fate, Sal's breakdown- shows how humanity is nothing more than the flaws we either overcome or succumb to. Great study of human nature. The whole thing starts out as Leonardo DiCaprio searches for adventure, traveling from country to country, no real way of knowing how he supports himself financially (never really mentioned outright in the movie), but seeing the things he does for entertainment makes one wonder if he may have a gambling problem, or if he is really just that bored. This film definitely takes his character on the ride he was asking for, but the ending was not exactly what he had been expecting as an outcome. And a little added bonus: finding that memories are nice, but the lifestyle must be let go.