thanks for nothing

Rating: 4/10 (21 October 2006)

This is a big thumb in the eye from New York to Boston. The fact that Boston actors participated in such a cavalier, irresponsible glorification of violence that perpetuates negative stereotypes about the city and its people is surprising. The real story Scorcese should have brought to the screen is why there are more than 70 unsolved homicides in the city and why the police get so little cooperation from public. Why it took so long to finish this movie is the real mystery, not the intrigues going on in the bumbling police department. The one redeeming thing is Jack Nicholson's performance. No one else in the movie comes close to his genius. He owns the screen.