Why?

Rating: 5/10 (19 March 2008)

A swing and a miss. This film seems to be phenomenal, to the dim-witted. The acting is keeping this film from drowning. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen make a great ensemble cast. This film was directed very well. Did it deserve Academy Award Nominations? Yes, but only in Acting and Directing. The Writing and Picture didn't even deserve nominations. The Writing is over-the-top and phony. Anything Mark Wahlberg says in this movie is completely caustic and unrealistic. I'm sure someone would talk like he does in this film. The Story is good, but not executed well at all for it is covered up with a lot of violence and language. Scoscesse is a good director, I'm not denying that, but I am just totally upset with this film. It is not horrendous, but just upsetting. It was hyped up for being a Scorscesse film with an all-star cast.