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Summary: Most surprising film i've ever seen.
Review: Well I went to go see this film at the movies because it had a A-Class set of actors and there was nothing better on the list, well the first half was really confusing and it had me srcatching my head (I was thinking I'd wasted my money) But! well hey' when you get to the end it all becomes clear WOW I said this is the best movie I have ever seen... I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again... Acting is top knotch, the script is wicked and the movie as a whole is great!!!
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Summary: DO I REALLY HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW GOOD IT IS?????????
Review: O men where do i beging?
Well first of all its one of my favorites movies, and you have to be careful with this one, cuz a lot of people just say it was too slow at the begining, so they dont finish it. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR get this movie, the plot its incredible, and the actors ufffffff just look what kind of people are in this movie.
im keeping this one short cuz i dont intent to ruin the movie by telling the story and the plot. THE FACT IT THIS ""GREAT MOVIE"" END OF STORY.
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Summary: Film Noir for the '90s.
Review: This is a superb film in virtually every aspect. The script is outstanding: the dialogue shines, the plot is always mesmerizing, and the final scene is just plain excellent. Even Brian Singer's average direction cannot hamper this professional effort by all concerned. The cast is a perfect ensemble. Benicio del Toro is extremely memorable as a mumbling thug, Gabriel Byrne is quiet and intense, Stephen Baldwin is a cannon ready to go off, Kevin Pollock is an egocentric criminal who only maintains alliances for his own selfish gains, and Kevin Spacey sparkles as a crippled confidence man. Kevin Spacey had perhaps the best year of his career (thus far) in 1995 with the release of this film, the psychotic thriller "Seven," and the sadly overlooked "Swimming with Sharks." He won the first of his 2 Oscars for "The Usual Suspects," the second coming for "American Beauty" in 1999. This film also won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. This is a dazzling piece of updated film noir for the post-"Pulp Fiction" era. This is easily one of the more memorable films from the '90s. Amazing!
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Summary: keyser soze
Review: great mystery thriller and a lot of action. pure genius from start to a brillantly done finish. the cast are great, especially Spacey.
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Summary: brilliant
Review: could i love this movie any more? it is told in such a way that no matter how many times i watch it, the suprise still gives me goose bumps.
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Summary: Will the real Keyser Soze please stand up?
Review: This is one of only very few films I have seen in recent years which require total attention from beginning to end. Even then, it must be seen at least once more to gain a sense of its multiple meanings and then again at least several more times to appreciate its complexity and ambiguity. The viewer's patience is abundantly rewarded with thought-provoking entertainment and yet, the question persists: "What am I missing?" Under Brian Singer's crisp direction, all of the cast's performances are first-rate. Kevin Spacey (as Roger Kint, aptly nicknamed "Verbal" because he says so much and yet....) received an Academy Award for his performance. Were an Academy Award also given for best ensemble, he and others in the cast would have received it. At one point, Kint suggests that "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist." That comment offers what I consider to be a useful perspective on the film because so much of what happens (or seems to happen) is unconvincing. I began to wonder, which (if any) of the characters can I trust? Was there really a mobster named Keyser Soze? If so, so what? With especially effective use of flashbacks in coordination with Kint's extended interrogation by NYPD detective Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri), Singer seems to be guiding us to one conclusion...only to have another occur, one which left me asking "Has all this been a dream? Or is it a practical joke? What am I to believe?" Recalling Kint's comment after I saw The Usual Suspects for the first time, I was almost convinced that Singer's "greatest trick" was that his film "didn't exist." Of course it does...and becomes more and less clear every time I see it. Hence this film's elusive but compelling appeal, one which I, at least, am unable to explain in a brief commentary such as this.
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Summary: Not Enough Benicio Del Toro!
Review: Don't pay any attention to critics like Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. "The Usual Suspects" is a brilliant film. Its' surprise ending really left me stunned. Two seconds after the movie ended I said "I have to watch this again." And again. And again. Even after numerous viewings, even after you know the secret, it still holds up extremely well. The acting is superb by everyone in the cast but especially by Benicio Del Toro. His mumbling, misunderstood Fenster shines in this movie. My only complaint is that he didn't have nearly enough screen time!
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Summary: Spacey is great in this superb feature...
Review: Unlike most suspense thrillers,'Usual Suspects' remains interesting even after multiple viewings. Its charm is not dependent on suspense alone.Its true force comes from the acting by the main leads and the narrative technique followed by Bryan Singer. Just when one story thread appears to be in the danger of going limp, there emerges another much tauter. The screenplay is such a deviously contrived maze that almost every character appears to be lost at one point or another.
Some people complain about the contrived ending. But why ending alone? The whole plot is a contrivance. More mportant than the plausibility element, I think it's the entertainment angle that's really taken care of. And it's pretty cerebral at that.
One of the pleasures of this move is that it makes you care about some of the main characters. You wonder what kind of a life Verbal leads in private. Or what would Keaton be doing if he hadn't got hooked? Was there a real Keyser Soze?
You don't see many movies these days that make you feel that way.
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Summary: Another Kevin Spacey masterpiece
Review: This film is part of the long line of Kevin Spacey films deserving of 5/5. The film is a terrific story with twists and surprises that will definitely keep viewers guessing. Although on repeat viewings, you will know what the surprises, it is still a fantastic movie because you can go back and see things you did not notice the first time.
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Summary: Not enough Benicio Del Toro!
Review: Don't pay any attention to reviewers like Roger Ebert and Leonard Maltin. "The Usual Suspects" is a brilliant film. Its' surprise ending really left me stunned. Two seconds later I said "I have to watch this again." And again. And again. Even after numerous viewings, even after you know the secret, it still holds up extremely well. The acting is superb by everyone in the cast but especially by Benicio Del Toro. His mumbling, misunderstood Fenster shines in this movie. My only complaint is that he didn't have enough screen time!
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