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Suture

1993

Scott McGehee, David Siegel

Dennis Haysbert, Mel Harris, Sab Shimono, Dina Merrill ...

6.3

69

Drama. Thriller Brothers Vincent (rich) and Clay (poor) meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, who thinks his life is taking a turn for the better, Vince is actually plotting to kill him with a car bomb and pass the corpse off as his own, planning to start a new life elsewhere with his father's inheritance. But Clay survives the blast and has his face, memory and identity ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Although the film has dramatic cinematography (...) it does not have anything like the suspense or psychological depth of a Hitchcock movie. 'Suture' has very little to say but says it with great panache"	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An exceedingly smart and elegant American indie in an unusual vein (...) [It] will be a fest favorite and put them on the map as filmmakers."	POS
United States	Peter Rainer Los Angeles Times	"It’s a psychological thriller without psychological depth (...) McGehee and Siegel have the flair to bring something distinctively new to black comedy once they shake out their art-film kinks"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"This first feature is a witty, imaginative noir thriller exploring questions of identity, memory, and the duality of mind and body."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's the kind of movie that holds your attention and is splendid to look at, but after it's over you feel empty, because there wasn't much there, really, except for the visual ideas (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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