Confusing but brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (17 June 2002)

Although I may seem sexist when I say this ( and I probably am being sexist) but women do not usually 'get' movies like this. I sat and watched the first 10 minutes with my Mum and we were so confused, we had to switch it off. An hour later I was bored again, so I thought I would give it another go and I am so glad I did.
I am not going to give away any of the plot, what I will say though is that the twist at the end is completely out of the blue unlike other predictable twists such as in The Sixth Sense. Again, the acting from Mr Spacey NEVER fails to impress me greatly and I am so pleased he won the oscar for his role as 'Verbal' because he totally deserved it.
If you absolutely hate films that skip backwards and forwards in time structure, have lots of characters and guns, then you probably won't like The Usual Suspects. However, if you're willing to give anything a go then WATCH IT - it would be a CRIME to miss it!!! (Sorry, terrible attempt at a joke)