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Conspiracy Theory

1997

Richard Donner

Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart ...

6.0

15,419

Action. Thriller A crackpot Big Apple cabbie finds himself in a heap of trouble after his self-published conspiracy zine elicits the interest of some shady government heavies--and leads to the unexplained murders of all five subscribers. As the J. Edgars close in, he takes to the lam with the one person who may be able to help him--a Justice Department attorney with a mysterious murder of her own to solve.

	Author	Review
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Implausible and unsatisfying, a comic thriller that is not especially funny or thrilling."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Unfortunately, the parts of the movie that are truly good are buried beneath the deadening layers of thriller cliches and an unconvincing love story (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Time Out	"An expansive, glossy thriller that delivers much less than it at first promises."	NEU
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"It's reassuring that both director Richard Donner and Mel Gibson feel confident enough with mainstream popcorn to attempt a thriller as obtuse, cerebral and challenging as this (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"'Conspiracy Theory' is a sporadically amusing but listless thriller that wears its humorous, romantic and political components like mismatched articles of clothing"	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"With it's many knotty connections and complex exposition, the movie is definitely something of a muddle, but for that matter so are most conspiracy theories"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'Conspiracy thriller' comes up short despite Gibson, Roberts and a promising premise (...) Just another diversion."	NEU

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