Identity may be a one-trick pony, but it's quite a trick.
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04/24/03
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
...a well-groomed horror picture that offers a few good scares before devolving into psychological lunacy.
04/24/03
From setup to finish, this clever little thriller pulls you in, plants you firmly on the edge of your set, and strands you there gripping the armrests.
04/24/03
A tricky little beast that fits in peculiarly well with the recent trend of deconstructive horror films.
04/24/03
This gimmicky whodunit never convinces us that it would be worth slogging through again.
04/23/03
Set on a dark and stormy night at a rundown motel situated on an Indian graveyard, screenwriter Michael Cooney toys with horror conventions but doesn’t succumb to the clichés.
04/23/03
Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro.
04/23/03
An unpredictable spine-tingler that has good times written all over its nasty little agenda.
04/23/03
An efficient and effective thriller ... set during a dark and stormy night.
04/23/03
... no “Identity” crisis here. It’s just a top-notch thriller fresh enough to become a mini-classic.
04/23/03
Even if you were to miss the dead-giveaway title sequence, Identity serves up sloppy hints in scene after scene...(that) are about as subtle as the motel's neon sign.
04/23/03
Donald Kaufman did not die in vain. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.
04/22/03
Identity is Friday the 13th through the eyes of Agatha Christie. This one keeps you guessing. How close to the edge of your seat can you get without falling off?
04/22/03
A gripping psychological thriller cum horror story that is complex and unpredictable.
04/22/03
Absurdly intricate and intricately absurd...like a slickly-produced puzzle whose pieces fit together just fine, but when completed depicts a scene not worth looking at.
04/22/03
There is a great spoof comedy here, but, unfortunately, writer Michael Cooney and director James Mangold play one of the most ludicrous screenplays in recent memory in earnest.
04/21/03
Top CriticOne of the first fun-time thrillers of the year.
04/21/03
What starts out as a seemingly-routine excursion into genre clichés emerges into a more complex and satisfying arena than most viewers will anticipate.
04/20/03
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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