Fresh
Wispy threads of dramatic plausibility and character involvement unravel completely by the time of the incredibly silly final reel.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Snake Eyes
Believe everything except your eyes.
1998 · 1h 38m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Brian De Palma
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Snake Eyes
Overview
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. Determined to solve the crime, he quickly learns that his search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue, and danger.
Director and cast
- Brian De Palma Director
- Nicolas Cage as Rick Santoro
- Gary Sinise as Kevin Dunne
- Carla Gugino as Julia Costello
- John Heard as Gilbert Powell
- Stan Shaw as Lincoln Tyler
- Kevin Dunn as Lou Logan
- Michael Rispoli as Jimmy George
- Joel Fabiani as Charles Kirkland
- Luis Guzmán as Cyrus
- David Anthony Higgins as Ned Campbell
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
43%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Never 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.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
The film echoes the technical wizardry and complex plotting of De Palma's best film, Blow Out.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
Director Brian De Palma does his stylish best to weave the patchy script into a cinematic quilt, but despite his best efforts -- and they're often formidable -- the thing just doesn't cohere.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
What might have been fascinating after a while becomes frustrating and, finally, a real slog.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
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