Nicholson At His Best

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2006)

What is it about Jack that endears us all to him? He's an absolute genius and an entertainer without a peer. For me, this is the best movie of the year so far. It is fast paced, exciting and a thrill a minute. Wonderful performances from a superb cast - Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg to name but a few. Scorsese has another fabulous movie to add to his repertoire. Apparently, Nicholson insisted on making his character more evil than Scorsese had in mind, and it was his (Nicholson's) idea to bring in the drug usage, the porn movie theater and the rubber penis. The man's a genius - and deserves an Oscar nomination just for his facial impression of a rat. The entire audience laughed at that.