Movies with "semi" or mature themes are typically reviewed by boards like the Motion Picture Association (MPA) or local equivalents and given ratings like or NC-17 due to sexual themes or language.

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If you can describe how the movie made you feel in the first three seconds of your review, you hook the reader. Don't start with plot summary.

Scorsese understands that the best dramas don’t offer easy answers. The "villain" (Robert De Niro) is a smiling uncle. The "hero" (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a lovesick fool who participates in evil. The drama lies in the ambiguity.

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