Pretty Ugly

Rating: 4/10 (19 February 2014)

There's nothing worse than being trapped in a place you can't get out of and this is how I felt when I watched this film. A brilliant director, fantastic acting and an unlimited budget should make for a triumph but I felt that I was trapped for three hours in a Big Brother house with a bunch of morons. There wasn't one character to sympathise with, nobody to like and the concept of stealing money from people, though occasionally funny, was like watching a bunch of vandals smash a bus shelter. I was persuaded to see the film by my lovely girlfriend and I was determined to try my best to overcome my misgivings, but it pans out exactly as you'd expect; from the first attempts at thieving to the inevitable climax. If De Caprio's character walked into my house today I'd punch him.