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Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Stephen Baldwin,
Kevin Spacey,
Gabriel Byrne,
Chazz Palminteri,
Kevin Pollak,
Pete Postlethwaite
Genre
Crime,
Drama,
Thriller
Following a crime boss backed fire and murder, U.S. customs officer, Dave Kujan, interrogates one of the sole survivors, Roger "Verbal" Kint. As the interrogation goes on, Kujan finds Kint's account to be convoluted, and struggles to figure out who crime boss Keyser Söze could be, but as he finds out, there's more to the story than what Kint tells.
Variety by Todd McCarthy
The Usual Suspects is an ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in a seductively slick fashion by director Bryan Singer.
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
A near-classic blend of mystery, personality, humor and terror, laced with one stunning shock after another. [18 August 1995, Friday, p.C]
San Francisco Examiner by G. Allen Johnson
This movie has everything but Humphrey Bogart, and I'm sure he's sorry he was unavailable.
Variety by Staff [Not Credited]
The Usual Suspects is an ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in a seductively slick fashion by director Bryan Singer.
Newsweek by Jack Kroll
This one's done right. Here's an intelligent movie with no special effects. You have to pay close attention, to listen hard to its cross-fires of dialogue.
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
A movie with style to burn, and, initially, that is this crime drama's most mesmerizing aspect.
ReelViews by James Berardinelli
The Usual Suspects is an accomplished synthesis of noir elements and, as such, is an entertaining entry to the genre.
Baltimore Sun by Ann Hornaday
Dense, ironic and thoroughly engrossing caper melodrama.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by Rick Groen
The Usual Suspects filled me with a highly unusual urge - to be a true "reviewer," to rewind the projector and figure out this humdinger once and for all.
Mr. Showbiz by F. X. Feeney
Byrne is a stand-up poet the way some actors are stand-up comics. His innate depth prompts The Usual Suspects to transcend its own cleverness--and this is the movie's smartest, least predictable surprise.
Film.com
I liked this film better the second time around.
Washington Post by Hal Hinson
This thriller is like a game of life-and-death chess, with quick double-crosses and wild gambits.
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Dense with plot intricacies, thick with atmosphere, and packed with showy roles for a hip ensemble.
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
Self-consciously bleak.
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
To the degree that you will want to see this movie, it will be because of the surprise, and so I will say no more, except to say that the "solution," when it comes, solves little - unless there is really little to solve, which is also a possibility.
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