A Script other writers wish they'd written

Rating: Null/10 (19 April 2004)

The Usual Suspects stands head and shoulders above most of the films released in 1995. For a debut performance by a director, Bryan Singer covers himself in glory. His direction is studied, assured, and worthy of a ten-year veteran. Christopher McQuarrie's script is clever, quotable and so tightly written that the audience is never truly aware of the (small) plot holes that exist. The cast is superb, the script is nearly flawless, and Singer's direction is the stuff of which legends are made. On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate The Usual Suspects as a solid 9.