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Title: Best Picture Nod? Good grief!
Review: A convoluted, unnecessarily foul-mouthed (Wahlberg, a usually likable performer, is nominated for a one dimensional sewer-mouthed twit?), and bloated, unengaging film (until the final hour) is sloppy seconds compared to Scorcese's earlier work. Accents come and go (hello, Jack? Martin?), the love interest is pointless/underdeveloped, and the Shakespearean ending, while jolting, is ultimately ridiculous. Just in case you miss the heavy-handed message, watch for the rodent in the final scene.... Trim the run time, axe a few characters, focus the conflict, develop character (no, profanity doesn't develop character) and then release a director's cut.
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