{"id":5148,"date":"2016-12-27T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-27T23:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5148"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:05:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:05:35","slug":"shutter-island-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5148","title":{"rendered":"Shutter Island-2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shutter Island-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Martin Scorsese<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #567<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70095139.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5149\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70095139-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70095139-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/70095139.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed December 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shutter Island (2010) is a great psychological thriller; being a Scorsese film, I had high expectations for it. Lo and behold, I was not disappointed in the slightest.<\/p>\n<p>Scorsese has a knack for making taut, violent films with an edge. This film does not have the gore or the blood that some of his other films have- especially since the subject matter is not mafia-related.<\/p>\n<p>After Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), a World War II veteran, turned U.S. Marshall investigates the disappearance of a female patient at a local psychiatric hospital, the case develops unforeseen layers.<\/p>\n<p>The time is the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Shutter Island is not your typical, run-of-the-mill thriller- it is much more than that, and the complexities build and build.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be secondary to the interesting web of plot, but the art and set designs and visual effects are quite impressive- particularly during the storm scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Leonardo DiCaprio is quite the gem, carrying the film in a demanding role, and working so well with Scorsese, as proven by his being a repeat player in his films.<\/p>\n<p>All the performances (even tiny roles) were played with perfection- with flawless nuances. I mainly mean the hospital staff and patients.<\/p>\n<p>The unpleasant, violent images may upset some, as well as the ending, but I found it to be an edge-of-your-seat, extremely well-made film.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that it is remembered for some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutter Island-2010 Director Martin Scorsese Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Scott&#8217;s Review #567 Reviewed December 27, 2016 Grade: A- Shutter Island (2010) is a great psychological thriller; being a Scorsese film, I had high expectations for it. Lo and behold, I was not disappointed in the slightest. Scorsese has a knack for making taut, violent films with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=5148\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Shutter Island-2010<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,11769,204],"tags":[1235,8202,12101,6838,2547,2570,1620,2568,415,640,2049,2055,4957,1751],"class_list":["post-5148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2010-movie-reviews","category-psychological-thriller","category-thrillers","tag-ben-kingsley","tag-bree-elrod","tag-elias-koteas","tag-emily-mortimer","tag-jackie-earle-haley","tag-john-carroll-lynch","tag-leonardo-dicaprio","tag-mark-ruffalo","tag-martin-scorsese-films","tag-max-von-sydow","tag-michelle-williams","tag-patricia-clarkson","tag-robin-bartlett","tag-ted-levine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5148"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24106,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5148\/revisions\/24106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}