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The plot grips your interest, the action raises your blood pressure and the main characters keep adding nuance over time. Very intense.

Di Caprio is just great and Nicholson turns in a fine performance.

The level of violence is such that this movie is not for the squeamish or overly sensitive.

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Apparently a succinct comment is not sufficient. I rarely comment on movies at IMDb but thought this early short review would be helpful to people looking for a quick opinion about a just released movie.

As someone who watched the Pink Panther first run with my parents at the drive in I was interested to get a look into the person Peter Sellers. I don't think the portrayal is as shallow as some of the reviews imply. While we don't get any childhood scenes or flashbacks to peg just how Sellers became the person he was there is still plenty of ways to connect the dots.

The music is great, the visuals pleasurable and like everybody says the portrayal of Sellers himself is very convincing.

There is a "near death" scene in the movie which is reminiscent of a similar scene in Gladiator (though only in the foreign cut version for some reason)

A well done film about some pretty twisted characters. The setting is the old West. The characters are the gritty cowboy / settler types and the hangers on. The quality of the acting and direction are evident in the clear stereotypes portrayed. Even the minor characters like the saloon owner, the madaam and the innocent villain are portrayed with exceptional clarity.

The problem I have with the movie is it is difficult to watch. Murders, beatings, cruelty, callousness - a cesspool of human dysfunction - are exquisitely crafted.

If you are inspired by the art and insulated from the emotional content - go for it. If you watch films to learn something or feel better when the movie is over then forget it.