
Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. Fletcher is an outspoken critic of that government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. But soon, one of his theories finds itself to be accurate. But which one? Some dangerous people want him dead, and the only person he trusts is the woman he loves, but does not know.... (Full plot summary below)
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Jerry Fletcher is a man in love with a woman he observes from afar. She works for the government. Fletcher is an outspoken critic of that government. He has conspiracy theories for everything, from aliens to political assassinations. But soon, one of his theories finds itself to be accurate. But which one? Some dangerous people want him dead, and the only person he trusts is the woman he loves, but does not know.
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| Detroit NewsSusan StarkThe plot is every bit as zany and far more elaborate than that of Face/Off, but here again, you just go along with the silliness to savor the performances. |
| Dallas ObserverMichel SragowEven when Conspiracy Theory is jammed or rushed or overly jittery, Gibson's command--of Jerry's fractured psyche, his freak perceptions, and his ardor--gives the picture blue-eyed soul. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris Hicks...one wild and highly entertaining ride. |
| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerGibson delivers one of his best performances as Jerry; he finds ways to make a difficult, abrasive character likable and vulnerable. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneJeff StricklerDonner directs with an efficient hand. He keeps the action moving briskly. But most important for this format, he knows how to slip in a quick joke or two without detracting from the tension of the suspenseful plot. |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserThe good guys metamorphose into bad guys and back into good guys with dazzling efficiency in Brian Helgeland's disturbing, comic script. |
| Houston ChronicleJeff MillarWhat makes Conspiracy Theory interesting beyond its cleverness and currency is how the filmmakers manipulate our feelings about its protagonist, Jerry, a New York City cab driver. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittMel Gibson and Julia Roberts contribute major star power to the uneven tale, but it never becomes as convincing as a real conspiracy theory should. |
| Boxoffice MagazineChristine James...even at two hours and 15 minutes, Conspiracy Theory is fast-paced and exciting, effectively mixing drama, comedy, ingenuity, suspense, revelation and a heartening sense of a triumph of humanity. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumYou're set up for when director Richard Donner -- who worked with Gibson on all three audience-pleasing Weapons -- switches the movie from a really interesting, jittery, literate, and witty tone poem about justified contemporary paranoia (and the creatively unhinged dark side of New York City) to an overloaded, meandering iteration of a Lethal Weapon project that bears the not-so-secret stamp of audience testing and tinkering. |