The performances are all solid, especially DiCaprio and Ben Kingsley as the secretive psychiatrist John Cawley, but the real star of the film is the environment. There's plenty of twisty fun to be had in Shutter Island, especially when the audience is invited to play along with Teddy to solve the mystery of Rachel's disappearance. Plagued by disturbing dreams, a series of mysteries surrounding the facility's rehabilitation methods, and a massive oncoming storm that threatens his progress, Teddy quickly learns that there's more to Ashecliffe, its patients, and doctors than meets the eye. But the more digging that Teddy does into Rachel and Ashecliffe, the more questions he has. Answers are slow coming, with the only clue being a cryptic riddle found in Rachel's room. Once there, they begin investigating the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando ( Patricia Clarkson), who was sent to Ashecliffe for drowning her children. Marshal Teddy Daniels ( Leonardo DiCaprio) as he and his partner ( Mark Ruffalo) travel to Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on the remote Shutter Island. Set in 1954, the film is the story of U.S.
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