Conspiracy Theory
First screened in the late 1980s / Most recently screened in July 2025
Director: Richard Donner. Cast: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart, Steve Kahan, Michael Potts. Screenplay: Brian Helgeland.

   
Photo © 1997 Warner Bros./Silver Pictures
In Brief: From drab start, gets livelier, crazier, and better directed. Rather lunatic, addled on women, but a good show.

VOR:   Impressively scary in its paranoid imaginary. Interesting way-station between 70s thrillers and 00s franchises. Proficient, but no milestone.

Grade: B–


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