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04/02/05
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
US Box Office: $0
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
Reviews for Snake Eyes
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06/18/02
Top CriticIt has its share of problems, but remains an intriguing, well-crafted thriller with many inventive sequences.
01/01/00
Top CriticDe Palma continues perfecting his brilliant visual style within the most blatantly artificial plot scenarios.
08/21/09
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10/18/08
Brian De Palma's exercise in flashy paranoia and shallow cynicism comes out of the gate like gangbusters, but falls apart in a flurry of preposterous plotting.
09/18/08
Wispy threads of dramatic plausibility and character involvement unravel completely by the time of the incredibly silly final reel.
09/18/08
Top CriticAside from a sensational, continuous 20-minute opening take, and an amazing shot that literally swoops over the top of a row of hotel rooms, there's little of interest here.
09/18/08
Top CriticNever loses its bearings as it hovers between preposterous paranoia and a Billy-Wilder-like moral fable about a deeply flawed hero who draws a line in the sand beyond which he cannot go.
04/27/07
Snake Eyes is about multiple perceptions of one major event, their relationship to each other and to the audience.
09/23/06
The first 20 minutes of Snake Eyes are among the most imaginative and energetic minutes of film I've seen in a while.
05/26/06
The film echoes the technical wizardry and complex plotting of De Palma's best film, Blow Out.
02/09/06
A moderately suspenseful thriller that seems somewhat conventional compared to De Palma's earlier envelope-pushing efforts. Intriguing, but the mystery villain is rather obvious from the start.
01/24/06
Unfortunately, the material that De Palma chooses to hang his flair on feels like a paltry version of No Way Out as if penned by Crichton or Grisham.
12/06/05
I give De Palma and company credit for not succumbing to the usual bloat we see in big-budget Hollywood films.
04/09/05
The mundane plot of Snake Eyes is disguised with lots of camera razzle-dazzle.
06/28/04
Promises to be a masterpiece, only to succumb to Hollywood mediocrity -- just like its director.
04/26/04
Instantly forgettable, but good fun while it lasts.
05/22/03
A dazzling piece of entertainment -- a mystery so cleverly constructed you find yourself wanting to see it again before it's over.
05/20/03
DePalma, a director who chooses his projects carefully, has scored again.
02/08/03
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