If you like films comfortably predictable this isn't for you

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2003)

But what the hell, you should still watch it!
For not only is this film beautifully shot, not only does it set the mood perfectly with a sumptuous original sound-track, not only does it...
It also has one of the greatest acting performances you'll ever see, the thing though is, it's so good that you'll miss it first time. Spacey's performance can only really be appreciated with repeat viewings. And he is just the stand out actor from an Oscar winning ensemble, including Benicio Del Toro, Pete Postlethwaite, Gabriel Byrne, Chaz Palminteri, all at their peak. The on-screen chemistry is highlighted in The Line-up Scene, where a piece of editing makes history (It was originally an out-take which was later decided worked better than the original)... you'll see.
This is a film that is so well written that in every scene you find yourself grinning and yearning to find something out (half of the time you don't know what you want to know, you just want to know more). And you get it. All the time there is the story about 'who is Keyser Soze?' a mythical(perhaps) crime-lord around which the exposition is set. But you find yourself forgetting this while you are taken on a thrill ride of car-jacking, jewel robbery and murder, only for it to re-emerge at the end and hit you in the face with a sledge hammer.
If you like to guess the endings of films and feel cheated if you can't even though you were outsmarted, then you should still watch this classic at least twice. If you like films in any other capacity you should enjoy infinite repeat viewings.
Xander