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The Usual Suspects

1995

Bryan Singer

Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro ...

8.0

87,050

Thriller. Mystery Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an intricate heist involving 3 million dollars worth of emeralds. Their success brings them to the attention of the enigmatic Keyser Soze, an unseen, nefarious, and mythic underworld crime figure who coerces them into pulling off an important and highly dangerous job. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"To the degree that I do understand, I don't care (...) I prefer to be amazed by motivation, not manipulation (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Nathan Empire	"Compelling and entertaining... this bears repeat viewings even after you know the perfect twist (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"[It] goes straight to cult status without quite touching one important base: the audience's emotions. This movie finally isn't anything more than an intricate feat of gamesmanship, but it's still quite something to see."	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'The Usual Suspects' is the freshest, funniest and scariest crime thriller to come along since 'Pulp Fiction' (...) [It] is acted to sweet perfection."	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Dense with plot intricacies, thick with atmosphere, and packed with showy roles for a hip ensemble, 'The Usual Suspects' is fun to watch"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"It's unbelievably complicated, but in a way that drags you deeper in (...) The movie boasts a wealth of rich character performances (...) After the movie you're still trying to connect the dots and make it all fit"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"As entertainment, the film is a lukewarm experience. But as a piece of construction, 'The Usual Suspects' is a slick bit of business."	NEU
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"'The Usual Suspects' is a maze moviegoers will be happy to get lost in (...) It is more than anything a polished exercise in pure virtuoso style."	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"It’s okay if you lose track of the plot—it’s not long before you’ll realize that none of it really matters (...) Despite the convoluted narrative, 'The Usual Suspects' makes perfect sense (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Spacey stole the show (...) It's a film that demands to be watched again and again - this is good old-fashioned pulp fiction told in the slickest 1990s style (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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