Sleuth

I gave this film good marks for its concept and its acting. The cinematography is negligible because it really is a play on film. You can't quite classify this film into the mystery genre, because although it has all the elements of a mystery, it wrenches and yanks those elements around to make something completely other than a mystery film. Maybe it's a meta-mystery film? Anyway, I can't really speak about the plot, because it would give away an important twist 1/3 of the way through. Suffice it to say that Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine act their butts off. They carry the film quite literally as they're the only actors you see. (And if you watch the DVD, be sure to watch the 20+ minute interview of the playwright. I'd be very interested in your reactions.)

year: 1972
length: 138 min.
rating: 3.5
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069281/combined