The camera is the only star of this film.
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Snake Eyes (1998)
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Reviews Counted:63
Fresh:26
Rotten:37
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: From its incredible opening tracking shot to its suspenseful finale, this Brian De Palma thriller maintains a giddy, fever pitch of cinematic style and excitement. Nicolas Cage stars as Atlantic... [More]
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, John Heard, Carla Gugino
Director: Brian De Palma
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Reviews for Snake Eyes
Despite Cage and Sinise's failings, the investigation of the murder is very intriguing...for a while.
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The picture is itself a winner in most respects, flawed only by an overly rambunctious characterization by Nicolas Cage.
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Despite other flashes of brilliance, De Palma ends up undermining his film with a drawn-out, mega-melodramatic ending that would seem over the top at the Metropolitan Opera.
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De Palma doesn't know the meaning of the word "subtle" -- every scene in Snake Eyes uses a brash, in-your-face approach that works until the disappointing climax.
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Top CriticOnce the central plot is revealed, it's all downhill.
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The overall framework of the film leaves little to get excited about.
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Although De Palma doesn't always stick rigorously to each separate viewpoint, there's an undeniable finesse in the way he parcels out the exposition in increments...
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At first the script is tight and twisty, but its resolution is a mediocre anticlimax.
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One can merely watch the trailer and save about 96 minutes of one's life.
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The twists are thoroughly predictable, but even if any tension and suspense were generated, it would all be squandered by the film's contrived fizzle of an anticlimax, which is not only disappointing but makes little sense.
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It doesn't even make good camp.
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The last five to 10 minutes are completely stupid and add nothing to the film.
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I've never seen anything like it. It's not that you look back after the credits roll and realize where the movie went wrong. It happens right before your eyes.
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It's the worst kind of bad film: the kind that gets you all worked up and then lets you down, instead of just being lousy from the first shot.
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Top CriticDid you ever get the feeling that Brian DePalma designs entire films around set pieces he thinks would be really cool?
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You're never asked to invest much in the characters, and by the time you've roused yourself to care, it's too late.
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Top Critic[De Palma's] most flamboyant fantasy of high-flying conspiracy and corruption since Blow Out.
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