Andrew Cooper, Associated Press
Awash in atmospherics, shivering with Grand Guignol spooks and gimmicks,
Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" is a potboiler whipped to frenzied
operatic pulp. Lightning cracks, rain soaks cemeteries and kiddie ghosts
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