Seeing previews for this movie I expected a creepy horror flick. What I got was a movie that was never intended to be a horror movie. One that was poorly edited, filled with distracting continuity errors, & whose "Shyamalan" twist was easily figured out within the first 20 minutes. Martin Scorsese, what were you thinking?
Fortunately, DiCaprio was able to make the movie watchable, as did the limited, but wonderful performance by Max Von Sydow.
Ted Levine was also a bright spot, though sorely under used as the Warden. His one main scene with Dicaprio was my favorite of the entire movie. Save you money if you are looking for a scare, in fact I would recommend you save your money and wait to rent even if you aren't looking for a scare