Unfixable ?

Rating: 3/10 (20 November 2006)

The editing is off right from the start, in my opinion. We don't know who anybody is or how they got there, only that they're all supposed to be Irish and have a Boston accent. Thelma Schoonmaker can't fix that error in the script. There is no tempo to the film. DiCaprio is good, very good, but you keep wishing the film he were in was equal to his role. The music is literally unoriginal and pointless. Anyone who says this is Marty Scorsese's best film and adds that "welcome back" crap doesn't know what they're saying. He isn't back - he's in deep hibernation. I heard better dialog in M-Squad thirty years ago. Nothing gets personal. Pirates of the Caribbean is a better film. So, be prepared. This is a disappointment except for DiCaprio.