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The Usual Suspects (1995)
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Ever since this convoluted thriller dazzled audiences and critics in 1995 and won an Oscar for Christopher McQuarrie's twisting screenplay, The Usual Suspects has continued to divide movie lovers into opposite camps. While a lot of people take great pleasure from the movie's now-famous central mystery (namely, "Who is Keyser Söze?"), others aren't so easily impressed by a movie that's too enamored of its own cleverness to make much sense. After all, what are we to make of a final scene that renders the entire movie obsolete? Half the fun of The Usual Suspects is the debate it provokes and the sheer pleasure of watching its...
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The Usual Suspects Movie Review by Jarrod  (7/18/2007) |
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Inspired by Claude Rains's last words in Casablanca, 'The Usual Suspects' from Bryan Singer is a rather ingenious thriller, whose ending may be among the best and most surprisingly deceptive in film history. Unfortunately, that also means that it loses much of its impact on subsequent viewings, when the secret is already...
(complete The Usual Suspects review by Jarrod)
| The Usual Suspects Movie Review by Thom (9/3/2007) |
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The original tagline for The Usual Suspects, the movie that showcased the talents and launched the Hollywood careers of writer Christopher McQuarrie (who won an Academy Award for the script), director Bryan Singer, and editor/composer John Ottman – is the statement I reserve for anyone that doesn't recognize this film for...
(complete The Usual Suspects review by Thom)
Bryan Singer's great big caper movie that totally screws us up in the end with the twist to champion all twists.
It has been imitated and mocked many times, but finding out just who Kaiser Sose is, is an experience that can never be duplicated.
Kevin Spacey gives one of his best performances as Verbal Kint, the...
(complete The Usual Suspects review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| The Usual Suspects Movie Review by Valerie (12/17/2006) |
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Mostly recognized because of the famous "twist ending", The Usual Suspects is a great crime film that deserved its Oscar win for Best Original Screenplay.
Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Hockney (Kevin Pollack), Fenster (Benicio Del Toro) & Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) are characters so vividly portrayed...
(complete The Usual Suspects review by Valerie)
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