Rate The Usual Suspects on a scale from 1-10

[Cardinals.Ken]

One of only two movies when I actually said "Holy ****!" out loud in the theatre when the ending unfolded (Sixth Sense was the other.)

8.5 out of 10

 

[Louis]

I figured it out pretty quick..... 8

My wife considers me a liar everytime I say this

Same here.

My wife was mad at me when we watched this one and Sixth Sense. I blurted out the ending to both films very quickly without having seen them beforehand or reading about them.

It's a trick I've learned thanks to my years of watching wrestling and being able to spot the big swerves.

 

[jenna2891]

9


Hand me the keys you fn csucker.

hand me the keys...


9 as well.

 

[Jersey Girl]

The only movie I have ever stood up and clapped after. In my house. By myself.

/nerd

LOL!

Definitely one of my favs. I'd say 8.5/9.

 

[nathan]

7

 

[AZZenny]

9. Love it. Watch it about once a year. Spacey is a God.

 

[Pariah]

8.5-9

 

[Renz]

8.5

 

[schutd]

Fantastic emsemble cast, one of the best screenplays ever. Del Toro is amazing. " Is uhhhhh that the one about the hooker with dysentary?"

9.9. Cause nothing is perfect. Except Godfather.

 

[thirty-two]

7 - But I think that had to do with me knowing about who Soze was (stupid accidental spoiler reading.. but that's what I get for not seeing a movie until now when it was released a decade+ ago).

I do enjoy me some Kevin Spacey, though. And Del Toro's character? LOL

 

[abomb]

8 or 9.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

8 or 9.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Another problem with trick endings, the replay values of such movies aren't very high. I know I haven't watched Sixth Sense much more than 2 or 3 times since I saw it.

i'd agree with this in general about trick endings, but I actually disagree on the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense wasn't just some end-run where it's just a yarn told by a criminal mastermind like Suspects was. I mean, there's a trick ending but it's only because you're being lead in a certain direction. There's no lie in the Sixth Sense. That ending, especially upon second viewing is so telegraphed that I find upon subsequent viewings you can actually just focus on the entire relationship between Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmet which actually takes on such a completely difference light upon re-watching it. Even though their actual words don't change, every scene of theirs upon re-watching has a much different subtext and their relationship upon second viewing becomes even more interesting to me. And the performances from everyone in that movie are just out of this world. The Toni Collette scene when Cole tells her about G-Ma in the car gets me choked up and Bruce Willis is always solid and Osmet is just fantastic. I really see what Night did as being able to somehow write two completely different movies, depending on your perspective going into it and both work like gang-busters.

 

[Gaddabout]

7.5. The Usual Suspects works as a suspense story, but it lacks any powerful character transformation to make it a true classic in my book. It's clever. It's entertaining. It's just not timeless.

 

[dodie53]

8 for me

 

[dodie53]

9.9. Cause nothing is perfect. Except Godfather.

i watched Godfather recently and i think TDK is way better

 

[Mulli]

7.5. The Usual Suspects works as a suspense story, but it lacks any powerful character transformation to make it a true classic in my book. It's clever. It's entertaining. It's just not timeless.

6

 

[BACH]

i'd agree with this in general about trick endings, but I actually disagree on the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense wasn't just some end-run where it's just a yarn told by a criminal mastermind like Suspects was. I mean, there's a trick ending but it's only because you're being lead in a certain direction. There's no lie in the Sixth Sense. That ending, especially upon second viewing is so telegraphed that I find upon subsequent viewings you can actually just focus on the entire relationship between Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmet which actually takes on such a completely difference light upon re-watching it. Even though their actual words don't change, every scene of theirs upon re-watching has a much different subtext and their relationship upon second viewing becomes even more interesting to me. And the performances from everyone in that movie are just out of this world. The Toni Collette scene when Cole tells her about G-Ma in the car gets me choked up and Bruce Willis is always solid and Osmet is just fantastic. I really see what Night did as being able to somehow write two completely different movies, depending on your perspective going into it and both work like gang-busters.

I think it's the same with Usual Suspect. Watch it the second time and notice Spacey's facial expression when the agent stands behind him. The scared expression from the first viewing becomes a confident grin the second time.

I give it 9,5 BTW