Review of Shutter Island (2010) by Bradysmith — 15 Nov 2013
An infuriating movie. One which uses expert direction to tell a story with no solid ground. It's weird and twisty and atmospheric but never in any way which is remotely good. It will keep you guessing, sure, but it pulls such a non-ending, such a copout that you could never really be sure to what exactly just happened.
Other movies have pulled off the ambiguous ending without it becoming a copout, but this one doesn't know how. Inception did it. In fact it did it in a way which was significant and beautiful, but Shutter Island is just a loopy trip into insanity which goes nowhere truly scary but everywhere and anywhere disturbing just to put a bad taste in your mouth when it's over.
Do yourself a favor and avoid this expensive piece of garbage.
This review of Shutter Island (2010) was written by Bradysmith on 15 Nov 2013.
Shutter Island has generally received very positive reviews.
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