Disappointing

Rating: Null/10 (3 August 2003)

What a disappointment this film was!
Not even the brilliance of both John Cusack and Clea DuVall could have saved this film from winding up in the bad movie hall of shame. When I saw it on Friday evening everyone in the cinema seemed confused as to the film's genre, as people were laughing during the supposedly "suspenseful" moments -- who knew it was a comedy? It certainly wasn't advertised as one. Alas, the trailers and advertisements gave a false sense of worth to this film which in fact turned out to be a cliched mess.

Identity had real potential, if only the writers hadn't relied on every lame horror movie cliche and chosen to use a hackneyed plot "twist" (and I use that term very loosely) to finish the film with. The ending seemed almost rushed, like the screenwriters got tired of writing it and decided to quickly tack on an ending.
Those of you who are familiar with horror/suspense movies will see the final plot twists coming a mile away.
I give it four stars - two for Clea DuVall and one each for John Cusack and Holmes Osborne.