The film is such an experience...

Rating: 8/10 (20 January 2016)

The film is such an experience that you can almost feel the mud under your feet, sense the chill on your skin and the danger that lurks around every corner of an untamed wilderness in the 1820s. Leonardo DiCaprio delivers a barnstorming performance as the embattled Glass, whose quest for survival takes him on a Herzogian odyssey to the very borders of life and death. The insights are not especially original (the human spirit is strong!) but the execution is astounding. A masterpiece. Should take Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Cinematography this year, next year and the year after that.