It's gory, it's bleak, it's shamelessly tricky -- and it's also a good deal more fun than it had any right to be.
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04/25/03
Identity (2003)
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Reviews Counted:165
Fresh:102
Rotten:63
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: Identity is a film that will divide audiences -- the twists of its plot will either impress or exasperate you.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group... [More]
Starring: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Ray Liotta, John Hawkes
Director: James Mangold
Reviews for Identity
It can make for an exasperating ride, since the filmmakers fudge the line between earnest manipulation and flip self-mockery.
04/25/03
An over-directed slasher picture full of arty tricks and slumming stars.
04/25/03
I think it's a fascinating movie that, if you are able to make the leap it asks of you at about the three-quarter mark, will give you something to think and talk about for days.
04/25/03
It takes rare wit, guts and humor to try this kind of thing in an A-list film. Identity proves it has enough individuality to succeed.
04/25/03
An interesting mix of ghoulish gore stuff, smart writing and tongue-in-cheek thriller-isms.
04/25/03
What keeps Identity fun and intriguing to the final dying moments are the performances.
04/25/03
This isn't a story: It's a catalog of gruesome murders.
04/25/03
It is funny and scary and completely out of left field.
04/25/03
Opens with its mind nicely intact, suffers a major crisis about 30 minutes in, then bad turns to worse.
04/25/03
It isn't a standard slasher flick, but it impersonates one for so long you want to slap it around.
04/25/03
There's a difference between an ending that makes the viewer want to re-evaluate what they've just seen and an ending that completely obliterates the previous 75-minutes.
04/25/03
Both the concept and characters are poorly developed.
04/25/03
A film that is thiiiis close to nailing the whole suspense/thriller/ serial-killer genre.
04/25/03
It's an exasperating exercise in B-movie hokum and screenwriter's gimmickry.
04/25/03
I have yet to see writer Michael Cooney's prior claims to fame, his Jack Frost flicks, but I'm assuming that they're better than this one.
04/25/03
Michael Cooney's script keeps you going with two jaw-dropping plot twists -- one cool and thought-provoking, the other manipulative and nasty.
04/25/03
Will appeal to both horror aficionados and those looking for a good mystery.
04/25/03
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04/25/03
Top CriticAn average thriller that's not nearly as smart as it thinks it is.
04/25/03
Latest News for Identity
May 02, 2006:
Wilson & SJ Parker Discover a Disturbing "Vacancy"
Luke Wilson and Sarah Jessica Parker will star in "Vacancy" for Sony's Screen Gems and producer Hal Lieberman. It's about a couple who unwittingly become stars ... of... More...
February 21, 2006:
Mangold Climbs Aboard the "3:10 to Yuma"
"Walk the Line" director James Mangold has his next project ready to roll. It's a remake of the 1957 western "3:10 to Yuma," which he'll be putting together... More...
December 23, 2002:
Having read the twist-laden script, I believe that Sony executives have a potential sleeper on their hands...Film aficionados are likely to pick up that the film contains a very similar plot to Agatha Christie’s "10 Little Indians." 
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