It works for me!

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2006)

There are only a few people to whom I would recommend this as a "great" movie, but I think it is. It relaxes me so completely that like DUNE (1984) and SIN CITY(2005), I put it on several times a year to help me drift off to sleep. This movie made me pay attention to all of Bryan Singer's work.
I would not put THE USUAL SUSPECTS in by list of the top 20 movies of all time, but I would put it in the top five of my favourites.
No disrespect to Kevin Spacey, but Benicio DelToro was absolutely riveting. Anyone who watches this movie on DVD should look at the second disc. I found it hilarious; one of my children (adult) commented "I never knew -------- was such a good word!" I like crime movies, and if we leave the Cohen brothers off to themselves (which we have to), we may be at the end of a progression: PULP FICTION was great, but now seems a tad (just a tad) dated; THE USUAL SUSPECTS worked better for me; KILL BILL, VOLUME 2 was a quite literate improvement; SIN CITY took chances and succeeded; and, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVEN may be the end of this progression of tongue-in-cheek/film noir roller coaster ride. But it has been a great ride!