The Aviator
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A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
What critics thought
Scorsese's Howard Hughes biography earns broad praise for its directorial command, period spectacle, and DiCaprio's committed lead performance, though critics split over whether the film's visual grandeur comes at the cost of genuine emotional depth. Casting drew pointed criticism from several quarters, with multiple reviewers finding Beckinsale miscast and questioning DiCaprio's credibility playing Hughes in his forties.
“What a sad man. What brief glory. What an enthralling film...There's a match here between Scorsese and his subject, perhaps because the director's own life journey allows him to see Howard Hughes with insight, sympathy – and, up to a point, with admiration. This is one of the year's best films.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“a gorgeous tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood”
The Daily Telegraph
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Genres
Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
Martin ScorseseDirector
Leonardo DiCaprioHoward Hughes
Cate BlanchettKatharine Hepburn
Kate BeckinsaleAva Gardner
John C. ReillyNoah Dietrich
Alec BaldwinJuan Trippe
Alan AldaSenator Ralph Owen Brewster
Ian HolmProfessor Fitz
Danny HustonJack Frye
Gwen StefaniJean Harlow
Jude LawErrol Flynn
Adam ScottJohnny Meyer
Matt RossGlenn Odekirk
Howard ShoreComposer
John LoganWriter
Robert RichardsonCinematographyThe Aviator
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
What critics thought
Scorsese's Howard Hughes biography earns broad praise for its directorial command, period spectacle, and DiCaprio's committed lead performance, though critics split over whether the film's visual grandeur comes at the cost of genuine emotional depth. Casting drew pointed criticism from several quarters, with multiple reviewers finding Beckinsale miscast and questioning DiCaprio's credibility playing Hughes in his forties.
“What a sad man. What brief glory. What an enthralling film...There's a match here between Scorsese and his subject, perhaps because the director's own life journey allows him to see Howard Hughes with insight, sympathy – and, up to a point, with admiration. This is one of the year's best films.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“a gorgeous tribute to the Golden Age of Hollywood”
The Daily Telegraph
Accolades
Genres
Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
Martin ScorseseDirectorLeonardo DiCaprioHoward HughesCate BlanchettKatharine HepburnKate BeckinsaleAva GardnerJohn C. ReillyNoah DietrichAlec BaldwinJuan TrippeAlan AldaSenator Ralph Owen BrewsterIan HolmProfessor FitzDanny HustonJack FryeGwen StefaniJean HarlowJude LawErrol FlynnAdam ScottJohnny MeyerMatt RossGlenn OdekirkHoward ShoreComposerJohn LoganWriterRobert RichardsonCinematographyStream
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