One of the few truly flawless films

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 1999)

Rarely can a film achieve greatness on so many levels. The characters, even the small ones, are well-rounded, the writing is very well done, the ending is as perfect as it is unexpected. But The Usual Suspects goes beyond that. For example, take another movie with a surprise ending, The Sixth Sense, after you see it a second or third time, to fully appreciate the ending, you wouldn't want to sit through the whole thing once more. The Usual Suspects does not suffer from this problem. The film is as engrossing as the ending, it is not a slave to it. The atmosphere is not painted on the walls.