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Conspiracy Theory (1997)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 8

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Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) is a New York City cab driver who seems to have absorbed every bit of crackpot information passed along as "suppressed news" that's surfaced on talk radio or the Internet in the past 20 years. Anti-United Nations militia men who are actually U.N. operatives? NASA scientists engineering earthquakes? Oliver Stone's secret life as a government agent discrediting conspiracy theorists? Jerry's heard 'em all and believes most of them, and even publishes his own journal of

R, 2 hr. 15 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

Brian Helgeland

Dec 30, 1997

Warner Home Video

All Critics (52) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (20) | DVD (4)

Donner directs with an efficient hand. He keeps the action moving briskly. But most important for this format, he knows how to slip in a quick joke or two without detracting from the tension of the suspenseful plot.

November 6, 2002 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The film starts to sour after 20 minutes...

June 18, 2002 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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...more long-winded than cunningly elaborate, more simplistic than elegantly simple, and more nonsensical than anything else.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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...the strong impact that Gibson makes as damaged goods is diluted by selling Jerry as cute and redeemable.

May 11, 2001 Comment
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In the hands of stars in denial about their stardom and a director who can't be bothered to take things seriously, it has come out implausible and unsatisfying, a comic thriller that is not especially funny or thrilling.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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There's nothing quite like a big, handsome, movie-star-driven Hollywood film when it's done right.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | Comment
Sacramento Bee
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...a marginally engrossing thriller that ultimately comes off as something of a disappointment...

October 23, 2009 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
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Two-thirds of a fine comedy of paranoia.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

About a truth seeker who has a difficult time figuring out who to trust in a world where everyone seems to be playing multiple roles.

August 29, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | Comment
Spirituality and Practice

If you've ever questioned Gibson's appeal, this serio-comic thriller offers 135 minutes of persuasive evidence as to why he's become one of the world's most reliable box-office draws.

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

...even at two hours and 15 minutes, Conspiracy Theory is fast-paced and exciting, effectively mixing drama, comedy, ingenuity, suspense, revelation and a heartening sense of a triumph of humanity.

June 5, 2002 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | Comment
Boxoffice Magazine

Parece que se tornou uma especialidade de Hollywood transformar idéias boas, criativas, em filmes de perseguição constante.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena

I guess a Julia Roberts fetish can't overcome a crummy script and bad production values after all.

June 16, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Conspiracy Theory

Gibson and Roberts, throw in patrick stewart and the movie should have been a lot better. Decent movie but just okay.

June 29, 2008
jmanard52

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Another outstanding collaboration of the "Lethal Weapon" dream team Gibson and Donner, creating a funny, enthralling and exciting conspiracy thriller with all elements it needs. While Gibson's character is clearly a lunatic he finally may be onto something as suddenly an agency is out to have him killed, and only Julia

June 13, 2006
ironclad1609

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