Fantastic movie that brings us back to the 30's

Rating: 10/10 (8 May 2006)

I don't know if Al Capone was like he was in the film or Elliot Ness was such a 100% good and dutiful man. I don't care because for me it's not a documentation film. But it could have been this way and I enjoy the idea. A movie (a good one) shouldn't be too close and slavish to historical reality. So it can create it's own little world and we can wallow in it. And it's a pleasure to wallow in THE UNTOUCHABLES. We get a fantastic view of how the situation in Chicago during the 30's could have been. I myself believe that it was right that way. But apart from that: what the story makes from the historical plot is absolutely spell binding. I can't take my eyes from the screen even for a moment. That doesn't happen very often to me. Robert De Niro is unbelievable as Al Capone. So is Sean Connery. And so are the others. Only Kevin Kostner as Elliot Ness is a little bit too dutiful from my point of view. But this is no real negative. And I don't remember the soundtrack. Does this say enough about the rest of the movie ?