Identity

Name: Identity
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: April 25, 2003
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Ray Liotta

2003

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Generally favorable reviews based on 34 Critic Reviews

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: April 25, 2003 | R

Starring: Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Ray Liotta

Summary: Caught in a savage rainstorm, ten travelers are forced to seek refuge at a strange desert motel. They soon realize they've found anything but shelter. There is a killer among them and, one by one, they are murdered. (Sony)

Director: James Mangold

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

Identity is an outright blast, so fun it's--pardon--scary. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

So ingeniously constructed that these meta-noir ingredients feel dizzyingly enjoyable, never hackneyed. In fact, the overheated melodrama of Identity is crucial to its method -- and the key, in some ways, to its narrative secrets. Read full review

John Powers

Cooney's achingly clever script has more up its sleeve than just Agatha Christie -- he also evokes "Psycho," "The Sixth Sense," "Poltergeist" and "The Omen" -- and the final third dishes up a twist that isn't just surprising, it's revealing Read full review

Kevin Carr

Approaches the serial killer archetype in a tremendously unique way. It turns the old stand-bys on their ears and gives a fresh perspective on the genre. Read full review

Todd McCarthy

Some fancy footwork in the writing and directing can't disguise the hoary "Ten Little Indians" origins of Identity. Read full review

Premiere Peter Debruge

The tension's palpable and the deaths are gruesomely inventive (and jarringly abrupt), but the clincher is so far-fetched you may end up wishing you'd opted for the relative reality of a week in Cancun instead. Read full review

Dennis Lim

The ultimate cliché of plot-twist implausibility, the crucial revelation is so outlandishly fatuous it might have given Donald Kaufman pause. Read full review

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Jul 11, 2021

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Defame

Apr 30, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Malcolm uses "¿Cuál es la punta de vivir?" as the Spanish translation of "What is the point of living?" However, "punta" only means "point" in Spanish in the sense of physical "peak" or "protuberance". The correct Spanish translation of "point" in the meaning of "sense" or "meaning" would be "sentido" -- "¿Cuál es el sentido de vivir?" This stock phrase is most commonly rendered in Spanish as "¿Cuál es el sentido de la vida?" ("What is the meaning of life?").… Expand

8 of 8 users found this helpful80

vipares

Mar 7, 2016

One of the best films I never planned to watch, but when I did, I was (positively) shocked and amazed!
Film is interesting enough to get you hooked up to the story, but real thing comes with the end.

39 of 39 users found this helpful390

jonslow

Feb 16, 2019

Caught in a savage rainstorm, ten travelers are forced to seek refuge at a strange desert motel. They soon realize they've found anything but shelter. There is a killer among them and, one by one, they are murdered.

4 of 4 users found this helpful40

cameronmorewood

Nov 12, 2012

Plays like a classic game of Clue, but don't get me wrong. This baby is exhilarating and fresh. You'll like everything it gives you.

8 of 17 users found this helpful89

JamesK.

Jul 15, 2009

Although the final plot twist is slightly lame, the premise is interesting.

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beingryanjude

Sep 1, 2014

A thinker, a real complex thinker. Not at all a bad thing; however, when the audience is neglected and one too many turns are made, it no longer is enjoyable.

0 of 39 users found this helpful039

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