This did not look like a Martin Scorsese movie at all. But that's because of the story and the genre.
Nevertheless, the storytelling from Scorsese still took us in to the place and time and the audience got to dive into the story.
Ben Kingsley and Chloe G. Moretz were perfect in their roles, though Moretz's accent did sound a little forced - matters little in the overall picture. I even liked Sacha Baron Cohen here who gave a very subdued yet over the top performance.
But while Scorsese brought out the best of the cast, I sometimes found myself disagreeing with the way he wanted to bring out the emotional expressions of the younger Asa Butterfield. Sometimes even while the interaction between him and Moretz were going great, but because of how Scorsese used the camera, the younger cast looked a little awkward during the empty spaces.
And as mentioned, towards the middle it went a little too slow so I got a bit bored. And the ending did not bring the emotional impact that I was hoping it would.
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