I laughed, I cried.

Rating: 9/10 (8 October 2006)

I was swept off my feet up to the last frame. Fabulous performances from a studly stable of studly men. DiCaprio's in particular. Intense, what? Wow and all grown up now, a muscular guy who you can see thinking, freaking, without a word of dialogue. Which was overall pretty good --witty-- lots of instant movie classic lines. Rich, subtle camera work + wonderful bit of vertigo inducing camera at intro of young Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon). The weakest/campiest thing was Nicholson's over the top satanic performance. Perhaps doing the Joker Batman thing was too much, although admittedly kind of fun to watch. Further pickiness...what was Billy's job description, exactly in this band of murderers + thieves? Isn't there usually a hierarchy within these manly man groupsyou work your way up...in this case, from what to what? But these are details, in an otherwise superlative movie. Pure, intense entertainment. And the ending felt just right. Sudden, but right. Bravo!