Boston!!!

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2006)

Okay. The fact that this movie is a remake, and an AMAZING film is already well covered territory here by the time I'm writing this. I'm going to address the film's realism in relation to it's setting. I grew up in Boston. I love Boston, it will always be home, no matter where I live. I came up in a neighborhood pretty similar to the one depicted in the movie, and spent some time in that neighborhood (S. Boston). I've seen comments here (by others from the Boston area) implying that Boston isn't like the one depicted in the film. Well, maybe out in Wellesley, where you grew up, it isn't. I have NEVER seen a more accurate depiction of actual Bostonians in my life. The dialog between these guys is absolutely on the money, and never before have I ever seen it quite captured. Bostonians have a seemingly magical ability to express both love and hate in the same hilarious sentence in a way that I have never witnessed elsewhere. Aside from enjoying the film for it's MANY other virtues, it was like a three hour trip home. For that I am quite grateful.
Oh, I almost forgot. Dicaprio was BRILLIANT. I had serious doubts going in as to whether he could pull this off. Walking out of the theater, I was speechless. I absolutely, 100% bought him as a kid from Southie trying to do the right thing. I'll never doubt him as an actor again.