A chore to watch

Rating: 2/10 (17 October 2006)

I went along to see this after seeing various reviews, all of which said that this was a return to form for Scorcese etc... I was very disappointed. The casting has got to be one of the worst things about it. WTF is Ray Winstone doing in this film? Mostly spoiling it, along with Mark Wahlberg and David O'Hara. Their accents are really, really bad. The script itself had some good parts, had they been given to well-chosen actors they may have been more believable. The only thing I got any enjoyment out of was Matt Damon getting punched several times by Leo DiCaprio, whose performance in this film was the only highlight I can think of. He is definitely improving with age. Its also too long and upon leaving the cinema, all I heard were dissatisfied grumbles, no-one seemed to enjoy it and some people walked out before the end. I endured it hoping the conclusion would make up for the rest of it, but it didn't. Not a return to form in my opinion at all.