Conspiracy Theory (1997)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 135 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Richard Donner
Stars: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts and Patrick Stewart
IMDb score:
6,7 (113.717)
Releasedate: 8 August 1997
Conspiracy Theory plot
"What if your most paranoid nightmares had just come true?"
Jerry Fletcher is a paranoid New York cab driver who sees a conspiracy in everything. In his world, everyday things disguise themselves in evil forces. Prosecutor Alice Sutton overhears him and thinks about the suspicious circumstances under which her father was murdered. She only takes Jerry's stories seriously when really bad things happen. Then they start the perilous search for the truth together in a world in which no one can be trusted.
Actors and actresses
Jerry Fletcher
Alice Sutton
Dr. Jonas
Agent Lowry
Mr. Wilson
Flip
Cynic
Justice Guard
Justice Guard
Justice Guard
Reviews & comments
scorsese
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- 13232 messages
- 11124 votes
Good film in which a paranoid taxi driver sees a conspiracy in everything. The course of this sometimes slightly comic thriller is not easy to predict, so that despite the considerable length, the whole remains entertaining. Mel Gibson portrays his character extremely entertaining and Patrick Stewart is also well cast as the bad guy.
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Lovelyboy
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- 3953 messages
- 2955 votes
Neither meat nor fish that lacks the right and especially catchy tone for such a story. Let Mel also be a total, and especially annoying, miscast and then after an hour and a half I still long for the end.
The idea is not so bad in itself. A paranoid taxi driver. But the character portrayed by Gibson is above all very busy and comes across as cold-hearted rather than me going along with the tension of the conspiracy theories. The tone in combination with the music is also a total failure. The bland music regularly makes me feel more like The Pink Panther than a thriller that wants to be taken seriously. Something that continues in peaks and valleys because it all gets a bit more mysterious but lacks power due to an abominably poorly chosen soundtrack by Carter Burwell that I have cited several times in recent weeks as striking and good
It all gets a little better with the appearance of the Men in Black so to speak and of course the presence of Stewart. Yet everything is turned around again by the funny Gibson and relationship with Roberts, who lacks any chemistry and seems rather a 'must have'. The wheelchair scene is reminiscent of Jacob's Ladder's hospital scene, the fridge and all the storage cans locked is a nice detail, the movie theater where Gibson takes flight in Donner's Ladyhawke and the MK ULTRA story is a nice side step. Yet it is far too late and far too little.
Conspiracy Theory strands in an attempt to be smoother and more fun than appropriate for such a story. Perhaps the film can therefore be called a typical 90s product and especially a failure with an actor who guaranteed success in that phase.
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kissyfur
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- 325 messages
- 499 votes
I've always had a soft spot for Mel Gibson, even though he often does the same half-crazy roles. But he does a lot with such eyes, which somehow seems believable to him.
The film itself takes a very long time to get going. It wasn't until the second half that there was some tension. That is too late.
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