Top 250 Position: 24
Rating; 8.6/10 from 698,926 users
Correct at 19th January 2016, source IMDb.com
Who's in it:
Gabriel Byrne
Stephen Baldwin
Benicio Del Toto
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Spacey
Chazz Palminteri
Pete Postlethwaite
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Year: 1995
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes
Accolades: Won two Oscars. Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Kevin Spacey) and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for Screen (Christopher McQuarrie).
Plot:
Five seemingly unconnected people are brought together in a police line, the crime they are accused of they are innocent of. But now they are together they plot an even bigger operation. One which helps to pay back the illusive Keyser Söze who each has wronged in some way in the past. But who is Keyser Söze and what is he really after?
Interesting Facts About the Film:
- Kevin Spacey had the fingers on his left hand glued together to make his character's disability more realistic, and filed down his shoes to make them look worn by his character's limp.
- In a poll on IMDb, the movie was voted as having the best plot twist, beating out The Sixth Sense (1999), The Crying Game (1992), and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
- Shot on a budget of $6 million over a period of 35 days.
- Kevin Spacey had to read the script twice when he first received it, to make sure he fully understood it.
- The 'f' word is used 98 times during the movie.
Review
I had never seen this movie before, but knew the identity of Mr White so was anticipating the plot twist at the end.
I kept loosing track through the movie, there seemed to be a bit too much going on and too many people to remember. I'm sure though if I watched it again I would be able to keep up much better. As it is also quite a short film (in comparison to some others in the top 250) at just over an hour and 40 minutes it wouldn't take too much time up doing so.
The film was not what I expected at all, but in a good way. There is enough to keep your attention and a bit of humour, action and intrigue to cover most people's taste.
So, don't get me wrong I'm sure there are real lovers of this movie out there (well there have to be for it to be number 24), I'm just not sure it is the movie for me. I think half the problem is that going in to it I knew the twist at the end because it's been given away on so many 'Top movie' and similar programmes that have been shown since this movie was released. I think maybe I need to watch it again some day with a bit of a fresh perspective knowing more about the plot and trying to keep up with it a bit more.
But like I say you are welcome to disagree, it's just not my own personal cup of tea.
For more information about the film visit the imdb.com page: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114814/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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