Shutter Island
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63 out of 100

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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 521 Ratings

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  • Starring: Emily Mortimer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo
  • Summary: Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the cost of Massachusetts to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a murderess from the island's fortress-like hospital for the criminally insane. (Paramount Pictures)
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 37
  3. Negative: 4 out of 37
  1. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    100
    When was the last time you had to wait until the final sentence of a film to understand all the details? When was the last time you went to a genre movie – or what looked like one in spooky trailers – and realized the director had fulfilled that promise and meditated on his favorite topic? Shutter Island does just that.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Kim Newman
    80
    DiCaprio delivers a startling prettyboy-to-tough nut makeover – but he has to play it close to his chest here for the storyline to play out. Once you get past the trickery, Shutter Island offers sumptuous, enthralling, shivery gothic filmmaking with a hardboiled heart and a sly line in asylum humour. If a pot is being boiled, at least it’s an intricately-decorated pot on a spectacular fire.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Joshua Rothkopf
    60
    Shutter Island is slumming: minor but enjoyably nuts.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    38
    If Shutter Island, a gothic thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, were put to a free association test, the word most likely to come to mind would certainly be "weird."

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 151 out of 204
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 204
  3. Negative: 33 out of 204
  1. RadeM
    10
    I just think that this movie is beautiful. No slow spots for its entirety. The story itself and the ending are not the main points of the movie. The main point is emotional journey of the main character and his inner change.… Expand
  2. j30
    8
    Not Scorsese's best film, but it might be one of DiCaprio's best performances. It's a very good looking film and intense feeling to it all. The music does a really good job in setting a tone, **** work comes to mind. Leo lights up the screen as Teddy Daniels, a US Marshall investigating the disappearance of a patient at this really sketchy hospital. I think multiple viewings of the film gives it justice.… Expand
  3. grandpajoe6191
    7
    Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" is a thrilling entertainment thanks to great performances from Di Caprio and Kingsley, but the film falls short for its lasting appeal. Good movie overall, but stick with your "American" crime Scorsese.… Expand
  4. TomD
    4
    The worst sort of twist endings are the ones that sacrifice continuity for shock appeal, and unfortunately that is the case here... The twist in Shutter Island renders everything that came before utterly implausible, and worse, mostly irrelevant. I wouldn't say it was a total waste of time but in the end it seemed rather cheap and shallow, despite the holocaust imagery and bloated running time.… Expand

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