Good story but very hard to follow

Rating: 6/10 (5 March 2007)

Not Scorcese's best. A long, hard to follow movie comes to a satisfying conclusion but overall it was the least of my favorites of the 2006 Oscar nominated movies. The acting was superb but the direction was choppy. Scorcese is a master of his game but this is not the movie that should have provided him with his 1st Oscar. Raging Bull and Taxi Driver were superior films. Jack Nicholson should have been nominated again for another Oscar. What was Oscar thinking this year? They have not been on the top of their game when it comes to best picture lately. If you want to see a great film, rent or buy Babel. In my opinion it was the best of 2006.