Effective Film.

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2016)

This movie opened on Christmas Day and was the perfect holiday movie. Leonard DiCaprio deserves an Oscar for his performance in this movie-it might be his best film ever I think. Tom Hardy played the arch enemy of LD's character-which TH also did very well. I have not seen a bad guy like that on screen for some time-maybe never. The historical aspect of the movie was handled well-you really got a sense they were back in the 1820's. The film was apparently based on a book but I have never come across the book they are talking about. I really cannot say anything negative about this movie because I think that so far it is the most accurate film dealing with the subject of pioneer America. Go see it-you won't be disappointed. I think it will do well in terms of long term sales if it isn't knocking them dead at the box office right now-it will probably sell a lot of DVD's over time and become a 'new classic movie.' It deserves to be one.