Wow....

Rating: Null/10 (8 September 1998)

Forget about the acting, this movie is the real star. My father remarked after seeing it that it must have been written by a foreigner, or be based on a foreign medium, because no American could write a movie like that. Lo and behold the screenwriter's from New Jersey, a stone's throw away from here in Brooklyn. I myself have watched The Usual Suspects about four times and during or after each viewing I pick up something else. The ending...that last twist is really the coup de grace. This movie is almost like a television series in that you can watch it again and again, and each time something else clicks, some little clue is discovered. Kevin Spacey and Chazz Palminteri are the two that should be given the lion's share of the acting credit for their seemingly endless intense dialogue always shared in the one setting.