Shutter Island is a drama directed by Martin Scorsese that was released on February 19th, 2010 as a mystery drama. Its characters are acted most recognizably by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, and Michelle Williams. The producers include Dennis Lehane, Laeta Kalogridis, Louis Phillips, and Gianni Nunnari for Paramount Pictures. This film is set in 1954 when Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio) arrives with his new partner, Chuck Aule (Ruffalo) on Shutter Island to find a mental patient and former murderess who has escaped the asylum on the island. Soon, Teddy discovers the cruel and unethical surgeries the hospital performs on its patients and the illegal drugs they provide the patients that only makes their sanity deteriorate. When a storm on the island prevents Teddy from leaving and causes the insane patients to escape, Teddy begins to doubt his sanity and stops trusting anyone on the island.
I adored the psychological aspect of a film that would have normally been too scary for me to watch. Patients of the asylum on Shutter Island have similar operations to those patients in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and since I have done much research on insanity for English class and psychosis for psychology class, I feel that I have a thorough understanding of this movie. Such a film created genuine suspense and mystery as I quickly began to access which characters are corrupt and which can be trusted. Suspense is heightened especially during the miserable storm on the island and fear is built when the audience realizes how isolated and fortress-like Shutter Island is. The unpredictability of the mental patients gives the audience anxiety as we listen to what each patient did to be admitted into such a strict institution. This film is thrilling for the heart to watch as it subtly conveys that those around one have the ability to revoke one’s sanity.
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