Great suspense, even with a give away ending.

Rating: 8/10 (19 July 2006)

Spoiler, don't read if you don't want.
I really feel that this movie shows some of the best progression (the only time it isn't raining is the final scene) and individual scenes (shot of Pitt and Freeman pensive after the LUST interview) that I have ever seen. The characters were very well developed, and perfectly foiled-Somerset being very particular about everything and Mills keeping his ties tied after he takes them off, to name one. All actors are dead on and couldn't be better. The best part of all is that even though I guessed the ending as soon as Doe reveled his plea and plan with Mills and Somerset, I could still not loose interest. Yes, I knew what was going to happen, but the film is just so good that I stayed with it.
The only thing that really keeps this movie down is that Mills knew he was going into a very high risk situation for the final scene, but did not even try to see his wife before he left. The character was developed to show that he loved her, and she didn't even have a job to be busy! There is no reason for him not to have seen her before he left. Because of this gigantic plot hole, I cannot rate this above an 8. If he was developed to not show his love for her, and the ending was the same, I think it would have been better (Plot and Emotion).