
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer...... (Full plot summary below)
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A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. This will only take ten minutes, they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer...
Leave your thoughts about Under Suspicion.
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxUnder Suspicion works less as an absorbing story than an absorbing work of craftsmanship. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe makers hit us over the head with visual tricks ... that have the odd effect of diminishing the emotional wallop. |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyIt's hard to imagine anyone walking out of this movie satisfied, regardless of Hackman's and Freeman's solid performances. |
| New York TimesElvis MitchellAppears to be a somewhat sinister episode of Nightline. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasOffers the pleasures of a chamber drama's bravura performances from a pair of supremely accomplished pros. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineA worthy vehicle and tour de force for both Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. |
| Dallas Morning NewsCharles EalyIt's never as good as it should be, with occasional moments of brilliance overshadowed by the gimmicky direction of Stephen Hopkins. |
| Mr. ShowbizMichael AtkinsonFor many, the enticement of seeing two old pros smartly step through their pressurized pas de deux might be reason enough to buy a ticket. |
| Dallas ObserverAndy KleinNinety percent of this thriller is absolutely terrific; but the 10 percent that fails is so troubling that it threatens to undermine all that is wonderful in the rest. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirAn engrossing, gem-hard little popcorn-cruncher. |