"The Usual Suspects" is an overrated movie that is boosted by a twist that isn't even that great

[MAKAVELI25]

Literally one of the most overrated movies of all time, an average feature that is propped because of a good cast (Spacey, Baldwin, etc.) and a trick twist.

First of all, I think trick twists (ones that fool the audience dishonestly, a.k.a ones that do not deceive the audience by presenting all the evidence in a sly way but rather trick the audience with a dishonest narrator) are basically lazy. Verbal Kint is just a dishonest narrator more than anything

Second of all, poorly written with poorly developed characterization. Basically plays like a primitive 1930s crime caper

Such an overrated movie that is somehow talked about with the greats because of a twist that isnt even that good. One of the most overrated films I've ever seen

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

i've only watched the movie from start to finish once and it was a long time ago.

i am with you OP, as a viewer i felt cheated. if the whole thing was all just a bunch of random lies then what the fukk was the point of sitting through everything.

maybe i'd have to watch it again. i was young, maybe there's more to it.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

I've never been a big fan of the film, saw it once and thought the end was cool but I never watched it all the way through more than that one time when it first dropped. overrated, yes, imo.

 

[Verbal Kint]

 

[verbalkint]

 

[Piff Huxtable]

it's a solid flick but the twist (which to be honest is GOAT status) has people thinking it is better than it really is

just like The Crying Game before it and Memento after it

 

[Morose Polymath]

@Keyser Soze

 

[Sly Cooper]

it's a solid flick but the twist (which to be honest is GOAT status) has people thinking it is better than it really is

just like The Crying Game before it and Memento after it

I watched it for the first time yesterday and I loved it but you might be right about the plot twist, it kinda blew my mind so I had to elevate it on my movie list

 

[CEITEDMOFO]

@Keyser Soze

the twist was a mindfukk imo. Usual Suspects is a movie i consider to be a all out classic. I dont know what OP smoking

 

[duncanthetall]

it's a solid flick but the twist (which to be honest is GOAT status) has people thinking it is better than it really is

just like The Crying Game before it and Memento after it

Memento is one of the most overrated movies of all time IMO. People that put it over The Prestige when talking Nolan films disgust me

 

[Alcantara]

OP probably read the plot, heard about the twist at the end and THEN watched the movie.

fakkit

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Memento is one of the most overrated movies of all time IMO. People that put it over The Prestige when talking Nolan films disgust me

i would not only take memento over prestige, i'll raise you and say prestige is one of the dumbest fukkin movies ever made.

 

[boxfullofjoel]

OP probably read the plot, heard about the twist at the end and THEN watched the movie.

fakkit

This.

 

[Devilinurear]

yeah the twist is the best part. Pretty common thriller after that.

 

[MAKAVELI25]

OP probably read the plot, heard about the twist at the end and THEN watched the movie.

fakkit

This.

Yeah, cuz that's the only way someone could dislike the movie. Shut your retarded asses up