| Identity Review |
| by Andres Kahar |
| This is a light, old-fashioned movie. A not-so-subtle nod to film-noir. And
the hardboiled -- almost forced, definitely dated -- dialogue is what really
makes the movie. Ed Burns plays Jake Vig, the lead grifter in a band of
misfit cons, too well-oiled...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Ram Samudrala |
| /Identity/ is a very clever metaphorical movie that works for the most
part until you figure out the meaning behind it - if you do it towards
the end, i.e., as it is revealed to you, then you'll enjoy it more
than if you catch on very early. more |
| Identity Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 4/5) |
| Who would ever in their life guess that the writer of "Identity," a fairly
clever whodunnit horror-thriller, wrote and directed "Jack Frost," the
underwritten, deeply flawed (and just plain stupid) thriller about a killer
snowman? Not I. But yet I...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Andrew Staker |
| Director James Mangold's film attempts to do this, and to some extent he
succeeds. After opening with the best setup I've seen in years, whereby one
event leads to another which leads to yet another and using non-linear time
to do this, one can't help...more |
| Identity Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: B+) |
| On the whole, James Mangold's twisty-turny Identity very much resembles the
Nevada hotel at which its ensemble of offbeat characters check into after being
stranded by a torrential flood. There are ten rooms at this rundown hotel that
probably gives...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10) |
| Director James Mangold owes us big after Kate & Leopold, and Identity is a
step in the right direction, even if most of the enjoyable aspects of his
new film come from the often imaginative script. Identity is a very unique
murder-mystery, but, thanks...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| It is a dark and stormy night as ten disparate people converge on an
isolated, nearly abandoned motel as torrential rain and rising
floodwaters trap them all without phone or radio contact to the outside
world. When, one by one, the group of adventurers...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-) |
| Ten strangers converge in a shabby Nevada motel when severe rainstorms flood
roads and
soon, one by one, begin to die. A mysterious pattern begins to build and the
survivors
look inward, trying to uncover the shared components of their "Identity." more |
| Identity Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 5/10) |
| CAPSULE: A set of strange and apparently
dramatically contrived circumstances bring a
set of strangers to a motel in a very bad
storm. Then they start being murdered in
assorted ways like AND THEN THERE WERE NONE.
This is a...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4) |
| IDENTITY (2003) 3 stars out of 4. Starring John Cusack, Ray Liotta,
Amanda Peet, John Hawkes, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, John C. McGinley,
William Lee Scott, Jake Busey, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Rebecca DeMornay.
Music composed and conducted by Alan...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Michael J. Gold (Rating: 3/4) |
| Ed: John Cusack
Rhodes: Ray Liotta
Paris: Amanda Peet
Ginny: Clea DuVall
Caroline Suzanne: Rebecca De Mornay
George York: John C. McGinley
Larry: John Hawkes
Lou: William Lee Scott
Robert Maine: Jake Busey more |
| Identity Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B) |
| IDENTITY (director: James Mangold; screenwriter: Michael Cooney;
cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael; editor: David Brenner; music: Alan
Silvestri; cast: John Cusack (Ed), Ray Liotta (Rhodes), Amanda Peet (Paris),
Clea DuVall (Ginny), William Lee Scott...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 6/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Identity" (Columbia Pictures)
Here's the set-up for this psychological thriller: ten strangers are
trapped in the midst of a torrential rainstorm in a remote desert motel only to
be murdered one-by-one. Whodunit?...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Directed by James Mangold. Screenplay by Michael Cooney. Starring John
Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet. Running time: 90 minutes. Rated AA for
violent scenes by the MFCB. Reviewed on April 26th, 2003. more |
| Identity Review |
| by Richard A. Zwelling (Rating: 3/4) |
| As a film reviewer, I believe that my job is not only to shamelessly
plaster my opinions all over my reviews, but also to give an informed
recommendation to all audiences. That being said, my rating for
Identity is higher than it would be if I was just...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| A real movie-goer's movie is this film. Relying heavily on cinematic
narrative conventions, Identity is, dare I say it, a taut thriller
with all kinds of delicious and unexpected turns. I had the good
fortune to see this twice before writing this,...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Written by horror B-movie writer/director Michael Cooney (the JACK FROST series)
and directed by James Mangold (KATE & LEOPOLD), IDENTITY is an efficient and
effective thriller clearly inspired by "Ten Little Indians," Agatha Christie's
classic mystery...more |
| Identity Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: A-) |
| Grade:A-
Reviewed by: Harvey Karten
Columbia Pictures
Directed by: James Mangold
Written by: Michael Cooney
Cast: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea
DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay, John C. McGinley, John Hawkes,
William Lee Scott, Jake...more |
| Identity Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
A group of strangers stranded at a deserted fleabag motel during a huge
rainstorm must work together in order to figure out why so many of them are
meeting their gruesome deaths as the night progresses. Unclear about their
increasingly bizarre...more |
