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Catcher in the Rye, Conspiracies, paranoia, yes!
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean people still aren't out to get you...


Three-and-a-half stars. Mel's fourth best film, After...
The Patriot, The Passion of the Christ,
and of course, Braveheart. Mel's crazy
character Jerry in here is incorrect on
several rabbling points at the beginning
og th film; Pres. George Herbert Walker
Bush was NOT a 33rd degree Mason. He was
Skull and Bones at Yale U., like his fat-
her and son, and grandfather! So was Algore,
Bill Clinton and Marion G. 'Pat' Robertson
(!), Jr. Also, the Vatican is no 'fester-
ing scab' - that would be the Talmud! At
any rate, this film is a riveting ride
through the real world of the MK Ultra
project and there may be many 'Jerry's
around the country - still! A very good
film, but at least TV prints edit 'Jerry's
maddening habit of taking the lord's name
in vain! Julia Roberts finest performance
to date. Date? Yea, I'd take her out on a
date...Or buy her some dates...Her choice!

Boring, uninspired and unbelievable
Mel Gibson, without question, is a talented actor, and he's especially well-suited to action films. But Conspiracy Theory isn't one of his better films. Despite the "star power" (Mel, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart), the movie goes nowhere. CT is like an X-Files episode -- though less interesting -- with a lot of action.

Gibson's character, Jerry Fletcher, acts like a paranoid-schizophrenic throughout the first half of the movie. Of course he is proved correct, but that makes his odd mannerisms, rantings, mumblings, bug-eyed expressions, etc. all the more puzzling. Only a rational person could have put together all these puzzle pieces, but he doesn't seem rational at all. If you met Jerry Fletcher on the street you'd think he was seriously mentally ill. The writers or director fell into the trap of trying to play Fletcher off as a crazy person so as to give the story a twist when he is later vindicated. This "twist" doesn't really work.

It's more than just Mel's character. The whole movie lacks any sort of credibility. Movies about shadowy government or quasi-government agencies and operatives either work well or fail miserably. It's a hard formula to get right. Unfortunately, CT doesn't get the formula right at all.

Movies are about entertainment and sometimes to be entertained one has to suspend his knowledge about the way things really are to enjoy the fantasy world the story creates. A good movie makes that easy for you: the fantasy appears at least somewhat plausible. Conspiracy Theory isn't one of those "good movies". The story -- its content and the way it's played out -- is utterly ridiculous.

It has some suspenseful moments, but you can get that from just about any Hollywood action film. CT is all action and no substance.

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