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The Usual Suspects Are Anything But Usual morePlot:
A private investigator, mentally disturbed by his father's suicide, goes undercover in a mental institution... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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An unintentional laugh-fest... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Patrick | ... | Nicholas Tordone |
 | Karl Bury | ... | Jake |
 | Tom Poster | ... | Acting Instructor |
| Deborah Worthing | ... | Amanda |
| Rebecca Rothstein | ... | Hospital Receptionist |
| Adam Gierasch | ... | Ronald Briggs |
 | Peter Brown | ... | Dr. Frank Meyers |
 | Irwin Keyes | ... | Screaming Patient |
 | Jason Schombing | ... | Tommy Baylor |
 | Malcolm McDowell | ... | Sullivan Rane / Doc |
| Robert Ford | ... | Neckbrace Guy |
| Debra Wilson | ... | Belinda Davis |
| Elise Rothberg | ... | Davis Receptionist |
 | Alan Charof | ... | Dominic |
| Jon Huffman | ... | Dr. Carl Bradley |
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Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | USA:R | Iceland:16Filming Locations:
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If you're the kind that likes watching bad movies (for instance, if you enjoyed "The Postman" in only the most ironic sense), this is a keeper. A ridiculous script is only the start, and you also get Robert Patrick staying in the laxest insane asylum in the world (undercover in the guise of a patient, he seemingly has no problems at all finding access to the staff's private fax machines, computers, satellite dishes, etc.), develops a drippy camraderie with a fellow inmate that leads to some of the more strained, "heartfelt" moments of the film, and a ridiculous character by Acting's own Prince of Ever-Diminishing Returns, Malcolm McDowell. Reviewing this film makes me feel like I'm admonishing the dog for peeing on the rug. "For shame! Bad, bad, bad..."