Not all its cranked up to be

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2005)

while this is certainly not a bad film, i would not consider this movie to be classic material. it doesn't deserve the 8.7 or so rating is has here currently
while the plot twists are clever, the film always strikes me as distinctly hollow. mainly because Keyser Sozes' motivations are never given any clarity or urgency. we really have no real idea why this man has gone to all this incredible trouble to maintain anonymity. the background of the character could have been given more substance without compromising the mystery
on the flip side of that, if the aim was to maintain an air of mystery or the supernatural.. then the film falls short on that count also. the ending in particular is distinctly flawed. this man of mystery with no acquaintances would surely disappear independently. blend in to the background. not get a lift home after
in addition to that, i find some of the acting in this movie to be second rate. spacey plays more or less the same character he played in seven, and no one else here is exceptional
overall this is still a good quality movie, but i would not regard it as a classic.
one movie deserving of that accolade that was around shortly before this one, and a film that suspects borrows from rather massively (as did many movies made around that time) is pulp fiction. now that is a classic film. it has style, great acting and a substance and momentum that suspects truly lacks