Thin drivel that says nothing meaningful about anything

Rating: 1/10 (18 January 2014)

Anyone who feels there is a shred of merit to this movie needs to take a second look at the emperor—he has no clothes. That an iconic director like Scorsese would fashion such a juvenile, indulgent and ultimately boring piece of trash like this is unimaginable. It's as if Shakespeare were to pen a couple of episodes of Gilligan's Island or Mozart to compose a jingle for Justin Bieber. That it was nominated in the Academy's Best Picture category to the exclusion of movies like The Butler or Inside Llewyn Davis is reprehensible. It's also pathetic that Mr. Scorsese seems to be following in the dirty old man-director footsteps of Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut) by offering as much nudity and sex as possible for no apparent reason other than crass titillation. But that's not the biggest problem here. I don't have any problem with pictures that deal with sex or aberrant relationships or violence or excess as long as they're created with some artistry. I DO have a problem with pictures that are simply tedious. Shame on you, Mr. Scorsese.