One of the very best

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2007)

Lucky for us this Monahan dude decided to sell out and become a screenwriter. I don't know what it is about these Irish dudes that make them such great poets. I've been all over Ireland and it ain't the beer. Maybe it's that horrible tasting Guiness. Turning a screenplay into a work of art is rare accomplishment. Of coarse the directing is brilliant too. It maintains a low budget quality, that gives it a gritty hard edged, almost black and white reality look. All the performances work, with DeCaprio at his best. He should have gotten a nomination. It's over two hours long and that is usually too much for a movie. But not this one. I could of done another hour. Pass me a Guiness. I'll try to gut it out.