The Aviator (2004) Reviews & Ratings

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The Aviator reviews

The Aviator holds a 7.2/10 average from 6,013 TMDB ratings.

Howard Hughes (Leonardo Di Caprio) had made his money from oil and was obsessed with aviation. Pumping a great deal of his money into that still fairly embryonic industry, he designs his own outwardly more outlandish aircraft that push the boundaries of size and capacity - all against a scepticism from his investors and even his closest friends like Dietrich (John C. Reilly not Marlene). He sees a vision for interna…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

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.

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