Certain 'big twists' may have hogged the limelight of late, but rarely have they come 'bigger' or better than in Bryan Singer’s glorious exercise in taut intrigue, dazzling plotting and criminal psychology.
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:39
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being... [More]
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollak
Director: Bryan Singer
Reviews for The Usual Suspects
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06/24/06
Top CriticIt’s not often that a movie so intriguing comes out of Hollywood, but when one does, it should be watched.
11/18/01
McQuarrie's script is a scurrying lizard of a yarn, scaly, swift and difficult to follow.
07/07/06
The Usual Suspects is a movie with style to burn, and, initially, that is this crime drama's most mesmerizing aspect.
01/01/00
Director Bryan Singer works so hard at evoking an air of world-weary fatalism that it's a shame to find out, at the end, that the little things -- like characters and story -- don't matter as much as the oh-so-clever denouement.
01/01/00
Once again, my comprehension began to slip, and finally I wrote down: 'To the degree that I do understand, I don't care.'
01/01/00
Top CriticThere are plenty of twists in the plot to keep you on your toes throughout the film.
01/01/00
To many young film buffs, this is where film history begins and ends.
07/08/06
The Usual Suspects is a knockout suspense yarn with so many twists and turns you're never quite sure where it's going to wind up. And the trip is enormously satisfying.
01/01/00
...an entertaining crime drama; an intricately conceived puzzle play; a fragment of gangster mythology; a parody of cops-and-robbers films; an outright black comedy;
04/08/01
No review available.
07/27/02
Fantastic ensemble crime thriller with the mystique of an underworld urban legend. A Breakout project for both Benecio Del Toro and Director Bryan Singer.
03/22/03
Stylishly made but narratively hollow and dramatically derivative, Bryan Singer's puzzle-homage to Tarantino is nonetheless well-directed and well-acted, particularly by Kevin Spacey who won a Supporting Oscar.
09/01/06
If ever a movie got extra points for a strong, unexpected conclusion it's The Usual Suspects.
01/23/06
All the actors nail their parts with ultra-cool finesse, and just listening to Del Toro mumble his lines is worth the cost of the ticket alone. Singer's direction is also completely on target.
01/01/00
In many ways, the viewers are the mark in this audacious con game… and its brilliance is all the more impressive for it.
08/13/02
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