One weak point

Rating: 10/10 (26 October 2006)

His best since Goodfellas. DiCaprio has finally come of age and fulfilled the promise of Gilbert Grape. Nicholson is outstanding and Wahlberg is priceless. Even Matt Damon pulls off a cracking performance. It's long but perfectly paced and never loses momentum. This is the best Irish film I've seen since The Wind That Shakes The Barley. (Although the Wind gets it for best film this year.) There's very little wrong with it. OK it's not completely flawless, the scene where Nicholson walks back into the bar (Who let this IRA motherf*cker in?) and then says "slainte" is the only weak point. It's pronounced "Sil-on-cha" you White Lace Motherf*cker!