Limits of Psychotherapy: Shutter Island

Shutter Island (2010) - Scorsese
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Shutter Island is basically an impeccably crafted 50's red scare b-movie. It really feels like a Sam Fuller movie more than anything else. All the recognizable (at least to us film nerds) character actors doing their 2 minute bits is very distracting at best. Scorsese is thinking of bringing Michelle Williams up like he has been with Dicaprio with series of movies over the years? She is a total miscast here and not up to the task yet as a ghostly wife. The flow of the movie abruptly stops by the predictable climax and plays out at the LotR: Return of the King pace. Entertaining enough.