a movie about storytelling and a story about the devil

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2012)

"Who done its" are usually puzzles that are solved, but there's nothing usual here. "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist", and so goes the mythology of Keyser Soze as related by our cripple Verbal Kint. The brilliance of writer Christopher Quarrie is hidden by an all star cast that emotes with over the top language and right into the myth of the story but the obsessive performances by Spacey and Palminteri are the soul of the film. The action only supplements the interrogation that doggedly looks for the cracks in the birdsong. It's the little pieces that are so special in review. Love this films storytelling, much like Mulholland Drive. The film is about discovery.