Pretty standard Scorcese.

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2007)

Not much to distinguish this from about 30 other mob movies & not much to think about. It's tooooo long. But DiCaprio has finally grown up. I lost interest just where Marty did, right where he was supposed to write a decent ending. Nicholson is hammy and ridiculous, about as threatening as he was as 'the Joker.' How do you decide to film this on back-lot studio 'streets' and sound-stages? The sets look fake, fake, fake. All exterior skies look fake, fake, fake. 444 Wash street looks about as real as a building on Main St. at Disneyland.
Best picture? eh... whatever. It's the meathead version of a chickflick. All decisions have been weighed against the big book of tough guy movie clichés; as sure as the lead in a chick-flick goes on a clothes shopping spree, and is pining for some really dreamy guy.
So glad I didn't spend the last 4 years in Boston. You can only take that accent for so long.