Using the Five W's to tell you what a film is all about.
Shutter Island
WHO: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer
WHAT: A psychological thriller that follows two U.S. Marshals on their investigation of a missing patient from a hospital for the criminally insane.
WHEN: 1954
WHERE: An island in Massachusetts
WHY SEE IT: One word: Scorsese. The master storyteller has yet again crafted an engaging work of art; this time, a thriller set in America’s dark ages of experimentation with mental patients, post World War II. And DiCaprio’s fourth performance with the director more than suffices at sucking you into this twisted world.
FINAL GRADE: B+
