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100
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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
A near-classic blend of mystery, personality, humor and terror, laced with one stunning shock after another. [18 August 1995, Friday, p.C]
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85
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Mr. Showbiz F. X. Feeney
Byrne is a stand-up poet the way some actors are stand-up comics. His innate depth prompts The Usual Suspects to transcend its own cleverness--and this is the movie's smartest, least predictable surprise.
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80
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
Goes straight to cult status without quite touching one important base: the audience's emotions. This movie finally isn't anything move than an intricate feat of gamesmanship, but it's still quite something to see. [16 August 1995, p. C15]
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80
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The Usual Suspects is a maze that moviegoers will be happy to get lost in, a criminal roller coaster with twists so unsettling no choice exists but to hold on and go along for the ride.
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80
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Washington Post
This thriller is like a game of life-and-death chess, with quick double-crosses and wild gambits.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Dense with plot intricacies, thick with atmosphere, and packed with showy roles for a hip ensemble.
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63
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USA Today Mike Clark
Look out for everything, and listen, too, because Suspects is one of the most densely plotted mysteries in memory.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Self-consciously bleak.
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50
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Nothing more than an over-designed lobster pot. After following the beckoning twists and turns, you're left trapped and more than a little disappointed for getting in so deep.
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38
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
To the degree that you will want to see this movie, it will be because of the surprise, and so I will say no more, except to say that the "solution," when it comes, solves little - unless there is really little to solve, which is also a possibility.
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