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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserSan Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserThe good guys metamorphose into bad guys and back into good guys with dazzling efficiency in Brian Helgeland's disturbing, comic script.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertUnfortunately, the parts of the movie that are truly good are buried beneath the deadening layers of thriller cliches and an unconvincing love story.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenWith a plot that thickens like congealed stew, this movie about a harmless nutbar, an attorney and a cabal can leave you lost in banality.
- 50Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisTaking its cue from the notion that American society is obsessed with covert political intrigues and machinations, Conspiracy Theory is an interesting but flawed thriller in which the wildly paranoiac is something really real.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThe only sneaky scheme at work here is the one that inflates a hollow plot to fill 2 1/4 hours while banishing skepticism with endless close-ups of big, beautiful movie-star eyes.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliIn the end, Conspiracy Theory fails to work as an action film, a romance, or a mystery -- all of which it aspires to be.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversInstead of a scalding brew of mirth and malice, served black, Donner settles up a tepid latte, decaf.
- 50SalonCharles TaylorSalonCharles TaylorConspiracy Theory doesn't know whether it wants to be a comedy, a political thriller, a romance or a satire.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt's just a simple thriller whose goal is little more than to keep moving.
- 50L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThe film isn't really about much and so feels patchy and forced, with elements more calculated than inspired, more urgent than exciting.