Critic Reviews
76
Metascore
Generally Favorable
positive
18(82%)
mixed
3(14%)
negative
1(5%)
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100
The Usual Suspects is an ironic, bang-up thriller about the wages of crime. A terrific cast of exciting actors socks over this absorbingly complicated yarn that's been spun in a seductively slick fashion by director Bryan Singer.
100
This movie has everything but Humphrey Bogart, and I'm sure he's sorry he was unavailable.
100
A near-classic blend of mystery, personality, humor and terror, laced with one stunning shock after another. [18 August 1995, Friday, p.C]
90
This one's done right. Here's an intelligent movie with no special effects. You have to pay close attention, to listen hard to its cross-fires of dialogue.
89
A movie with style to burn, and, initially, that is this crime drama's most mesmerizing aspect.
88
Dense, ironic and thoroughly engrossing caper melodrama.
88
The Usual Suspects is an accomplished synthesis of noir elements and, as such, is an entertaining entry to the genre.
88
The Usual Suspects filled me with a highly unusual urge - to be a true "reviewer," to rewind the projector and figure out this humdinger once and for all.
85
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.
80
This thriller is like a game of life-and-death chess, with quick double-crosses and wild gambits.
