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PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
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Miscast Leo but Beautiful Production
If you can overlook the terrible miscasting of Leonardo Dicapprio as Howard Hughes then you'll probably enjoy this sumptuous rendering of old Hollywood. Martin Scorsese has this fatal quirk of using his favorite performers in movie after movie. Even when that star is totally not the right one. This is the case here where Leo looks more like a high school kid trying to act in a high school play than a quirky multi-millionaire.. The role demanded a lean, intense black-haired man, who had his own eccentric way of moving and talking. To enact this, Leo throws hissy fits in which he looks even more like a teenager. Why, oh, why couldn't Scorsese have seen beyond his infatuation with Leo and picked a more appropriate actor? Anyway, this movie is worth seeing at least once.
an entertaining film
Scorsese does a good job of displaying Hughes' paranoia and DiCapprio does an admirable job of expressing Scorsese's vision. It is a fairly long film but does keep the pace up enough to keep you into it.
The Aviator
This is by far one of the best movies that Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese have done. The world hasn't seen such a great performance by DiCaprio since he was in "The Basketball Diaries" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?". He really transformed himself in recent years, even though most people say he's just another pretty boy. Hopefully he'll keep doing extroadinary work like this, and I'm glad to see that he's working with Scorsese! I would never have thought that he would be capable of such a demanding role. He perfectly portrayed Howard Hughes' descent into insanity. He's not one of my favorite actors by any means, but I do think he gives great performances. Thanks to his performance, you could really see how it was possible that such a brilliant business man could be so mentally sick. Even Gwen Stefani's portrayal of Gene Harlow was great (though short). All of the characters were brought to life by the awesome performances and excellent direction by Martin Scorsese seen in this movie.
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