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Leonardo DiCaprio | ... | ||
Mark Ruffalo | ... | ||
Ben Kingsley | ... | ||
Max von Sydow | ... | ||
Michelle Williams | ... | ||
Emily Mortimer | ... |
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Patricia Clarkson | ... | ||
Jackie Earle Haley | ... | ||
Ted Levine | ... | ||
John Carroll Lynch | ... | ||
Elias Koteas | ... |
Laeddis
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Robin Bartlett | ... |
Bridget Kearns
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Christopher Denham | ... | ||
Nellie Sciutto | ... | ||
Joseph Sikora | ... |
Glen Miga
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It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. Written by alfiehitchie
I saw this and I knew what to expect going in to the film as I had already read about half of the book but never got the chance to finish it. But I was surprised at how faithful the film was to the original material.The directing was also masterfully done and pretty cool I saw some cool camera tricks I hadn't seen since Martin Scorsese directed Bringing Out The Dead, Martin Scorsese did one great job and everyone was top notch especially Ben Kingsley and DiCaprio and I never though I would jump out of fright especially in a Scorsese film but I did. All in all a solid thriller with a good story and some great performances and for me it's the best film I've seen in 2010 so far.