Pretty good, but not the best

Rating: Null/10 (10 October 1999)

I thought this movie was really good, and goes on my top ten for the year. I seriously doubt that it is deserving of the number seven movie of all time (which it is listed as at the time of this review, but will probably drop as more votes come in). There are two faults I found with the movie:
a) I didn't believe Benning's character would want to shoot Spacey. There just was no motivation for it. b) As it is today, the movie breaks little ground and seems full of cliches.
Great acting and great direction stop the movie from becoming boring and pretentious. The characters are fully developed, with the exception of Benning's, which seemed to be developed up until the end. I think Spacey was really good, but Benning was the stand-out. Spacey didn't have a ton of challenging material here, and if you've seen him an any of his other roles, you'd realize this is a cakewalk for him. Still, great acting! Just not mind-blowing.
9/10