Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by RGA (R) on February 17, 2019 at 17:43:31

In Reply to: RE: Is the film "the usual suspects" any good? posted by bullethead on February 17, 2019 at 11:42:01

Just watch it then you'll know. Some people loved it - Interestingly Roger Ebert hated it which I always thought odd since Roger always seemed to me to be rather easy on Hollywood films like this. He raised some good points though as to why it's a manipulative film.

As Roger wrote "I prefer to be amazed by motivation, not manipulation."

I don't think it holds up nearly as well as when it was released in 1995. The novelty then isn't so novel now. And novelty was it's main strength.

Still *1/2 out of 4 was a bit rough.

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