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Shutter Island

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Original title: Shutter Island
Year: 2010
Running time: 138 min.
Country: United States
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenwriter: Laeta Kalogridis. Novel: Dennis Lehane
Music: Varios
Cinematography: Robert Richardson
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Max von Sydow, Jackie Earle Haley, Elias Koteas, John Carroll Lynch, Ted Levine, Christopher Denham, Robin Bartlett, Nellie Sciutto, Ruby Jerins, Jill Larson
Producer: Paramount Pictures, Phoenix Pictures, Sikelia Productions, Appian Way. Producer: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Thriller. Mystery | Psychological Thriller. 1950s
Movie Groups: Dennis Lehane Adaptations
Synopsis: "Shutter Island", an adaptation of another Dennis Lehane's novel ("Mystic River", "Gone Baby Gone"), is a psychological thriller set in 1954, DiCaprio will star as a U.S. Marshall, investigating the mysterious disappearance of a female inmate at a hospital for the criminally insane that presumably fled to the remote Shutter Island.

Rankings Position

#69 Best Thrillers in the history of film
#77 Best Mystery Films
#84 Best Movies of the 21st century

Awards: 2010: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, Best Production Design

2010: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

2010: Satellite Awards: 4 nominations

2010: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Nominated Best Cinematography

2010: Saturn Awards: 5 nominations including Best Horror/Thriller Film

2010: Cinema Audio Society: Nominated Outstanding Achievement in Sound

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2010: Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Nominated Best Non-European Director

2010: Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated Best Film Editing

2010: Online Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated Best Cinematography

2010: Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Nominated Best Picture, Best Film Editing

2010: San Diego Film Critics Society: Best Production Design. 3 nominations.

Critics' reviews

"The legend gets in the way of the artist (...)' Scorsese needs to stop trying to make great movies. He should just try to make good movies"

Mick LaSalle: SFGATE
"Scorsese makes dark magic in this mesmerizing mind-bender. No one who lives and breathes movies would dream of missing it (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"It dazzles and provokes. (...) It's a nerve-twisting, tension-jammed exercise in pure paranoia and possibly Scorsese's most commercial film yet."

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"Something TERRIBLE is afoot. Sadly, that something turns out to be the movie itself"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"Despite its flaws, Shutter Island is worth seeing for the palpably nightmarish and gothic world conceived by Scorsese. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"

Claudia Puig: USA Today
"There are thrilling visuals in 'Shutter Island' (...) It's all done with flawless directorial command (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"Scorsese’s talent for aligning the audience with a single character’s obsession pays off brilliantly as 'Shutter Island' unfolds"

Scott Tobias: AV Club
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4 My Top 10 Movies from 2010 (1093)
4 My Favorite Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Movies (590)
4 Best Movie Posters of 2010 (11)
13 Absolute Musts (51)
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