| The most enjoyment you'll have seeing a movie for the *second* time (by TIDQ) |
| Ah, the Usual Suspects. My personal favorite movie of all time. Don't let my bias be a fool. Perhaps it's not THE best movie ever, but it's one that I never get tired of.If you like flash and bikinis and breath-taking camera angles, you won't find them here. Usual Suspects is not an "epic," and it doesn't pretend to be. It's a modestly-budgeted piece by a fresh director who later went on to do the X-Men movies, a FAR departure .A great, gritty script, beautifully-acted characters, and what many have called the greatest movie ending of all time, are some of <more> |
| Not enough good things to say (by Agent10) |
| Such films like this should be enshrined in museums, simply due to the fact it destroyed the entire genre of mystery films. While this film was unique and captivating, no other mystery will ever accomplish this sort of cult status, single handedly shaping a genre. While most mysteries try to shock you too often with twists and even more twists, it turns out to be overkill. This film encompassed such ideas with flair and originality, which is probably the reason Brian Singer is sticking to sci-fi action films. Only Memento and The Game are the only recent mystery movies worthy enough to stand <more> |
| the American thriller of the nineties (by dbdumonteil) |
| One day in a bookshop, I flipped through a book entitled: "the movies of the nineties" and this movie wasn't included! How can a book specialized in cinema skip such a milestone of the last decade? Any movie buff, any cinema critic must have considered the nineties a fruitful era for the American thriller. According to one's tastes, some will say that the best thriller of the nineties is "Silence of the Lambs" 1991 . For others it will be "Pulp Fiction" 1994 while others will praise to the skies "Se7en" 1995 . For me, the pinnacle is this <more> |
| " The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled" (by thinker1691) |
| Out of the mind of Christorpher McQurrie comes this incredible story of a man in search of the devil. The film is called " The Usual Suspects" and what could be more appropriate than an unusual movie about five suspects who are anything but usual. The story originates with the only survivor of what the police conclude was a murderous and explosive drug deal gone bad. His name is Roger Kint Kevin Spacey is perfect also known as 'Verbal.' From the mouth of this innocent storytelling, con-artist comes the fantastic tale of how he and his fellow criminals, Stephen Baldwin, is <more> |
| I'm Glad I Finally Got a Chance to See It (by Hitchcoc) |
| I don't know what the problem is. I had heard that this is an incomprehensible film. That when it ends we don't know what exactly happened. I thought that throughout the film we were in the loop, and even if we have an unreliable narrator, I suspected that from the start. Anyway, it's been a long time since I've been taken for such a joyride with such interesting characters, even if they are murderers and felons. The plot is woven so delicately and the threat is so interesting, that I was involved from the first minute. I always wondered how Kevin Spacey, a rather ordinary <more> |
| yea, this movie sucked (by nakeane09) |
| this movie is umm, queer. completely overated and boring. wanna watch a real crime movie, watch pulp fiction. 10000x better. And what else, its boring. -1/10 ... yes, its really that bad |
| At first, wasn't the biggest fan but..... (by illbebackreviews) |
| I couldn't help but set rather high expectations for 'The Usual Suspects' as I went into watching this. I knew this was no action movie or any of the crap we get nowadays. This was true cinema! I was excited 'The Usual Suspects' is a mystery film about what cargo was on board the ship when it was destroyed and the events leading up to it as we are told from the only known survivor of that accident.Around 45-50 minutes into the movie, I was starting to find myself a bit tired and thought the movie may perhaps have dragged along just a bit. I was becoming rather <more> |
| Good film , if not a little too over hyped. (by shadowman123) |
| The Usual Suspect is one of those films which tell you that seeing is believing. Don't get me wrong it was a very good film and I am glad I finally got the chance to see it but with critics going on and on about it, they kind of kill the magic of the movie. However that really did not hinder my enjoyment as I decided to treat this just like any other movie. Basic concept of 5 cons on various heist missions until one goes terribly wrong and then the authorities try to establish what went wrong hearing this from the account of one of the crippled crooks Kevin Spacey . Gabreil Bryne was a <more> |
| Quite overrated (by skuttwest) |
| When i heard about the movie people were saying stuff like ;"its the best movie I've ever seen" or "best movie of all time", so of course i had to see it. But i was really disappointed. I just didn't get what was so awesome about it. I asked around a little, and apparently it was the twist in the end that made it "the best movie ever". That just doesn't make sense.Sure you go "oh, he was the guy?" in the end, but thats it. Other than that it wasn't "the best" in any way. The acting was average, the script and screenplay <more> |