Suspect | | Cast : | Cher, Dennis Quaid, Liam Neeson | | Director : | Peter Yates | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Full Screen | | Released Date : | October 23, 1987 | | DVD Released Date : | August 31, 2004 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | February 03, 2005 | | Summary | PRIME SUSPECT | Content
 | Admittedly, SUSPECT asks the audience to suspend a lot of belief in its tale of a homeless man wrongly accused of murdering a young government clerical worker. But director Peter Yates and the talented cast more than make up for the plot mechanisms and legal liberties taken, crafting a tense and involving thriller. Cher plays the dedicated public defender who takes on the homeless man's case. Liam Neeson in one of his early roles plays Carl, the deaf and dumb accused with a tight passion and volatile flair that makes him very sympathetic. Dennis Quaid as the lobbyist who finds himself on the jury does well with his role, but it's hard to believe a juror would get so involved and risk not only a mistrial but possibly a disbarment for legal eagle Cher. Quaid and Cher's rapport is so tight, though, we can forgive the writer for this implausible scenario. John Mahoney is excellent as the stiff upper lipped judge who begins to suspect that Cher and Quaid may be working together. Joe Mantegna as the prosecuting attorney brings a haughty, but commendable, self righteousness to his role. There are some suspenseful moments and the movie is very enjoyable. Cher is quite convincing as a lawyer and looks extremely lovely to boot! Quaid's youthful energy works well for him, and he evinces the immense amount of talent that would come to serve him in his future roles. So, why did Cher stop making movies?? |
| Rating | | | Date | September 09, 2004 | | Summary | It's not widescreen | Content
| I ordered this dvd from Amazon and discovered to my dismay that it is full screen rather than widescreen as the amazon description says. It's a good film but would be better in widescreen. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 26, 2004 | | Summary | One of Cher's best! | Content
| I actually prefer this film to Witches of eastwick and Moonstruck! Great thriller that will leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. Cher plays a defense attorney for a deaf/mute & homeless Liam Neeson. Dennis Quaid is on the jury and together, he & Cher must unfold the mystery and prove her client innocent. The ending is extremely suspenseful and will leave you in disbelief. This was during Cher's peak as an actress. |
| Rating | | | Date | September 23, 2003 | | Summary | Above the law | Content
| In SUSPECT, Cher plays Kathleen Riley, a defense attourney for the public. When a brutal murder is commited against a Justice Department file clerk, and a homeless man who is deaf and cannot speak is accused of the crime, and Kathleen gets the case. Dennis Quaid plays dairy farm lobbyist Eddie, who is a juror who helps Kathleen with finding evidence. This part of the movie is a little hard to swallow, but the performances make up for it. It's terribly unlikely a juror would become romantically involved with a defense lawyer as well. However the movie was fine otherwise, and one of the last scenes where an unknown assailant chases Kathleen down the hallways of the court house, is quite suspenseful and thrilling. Cher is very believable in this part. Overall, a great flick to rent, very suspenseful and has a surprise twist at the end. |
| Rating | | | Date | January 31, 2003 | | Summary | Cher for the defense | Content
| This one will hopefully be restocked soon for Cher die-hards who'll find this suspenseful who-dun-it a worthy view. As Washington, D.C. public defender Kathleen Riley, Cher gets appointed by the court to defend a homeless deaf-mute (Lian Neeson, in one of his first substantial roles) accused in the brutal murder of a Justice Department file clerk. Setting out with a presumed guilt for her client, Ms. Riley comes to believe in her client's innocence and sets out to prove it. On the trial jury is dairy farm lobbyist Dennis Quaid who takes a judically improper and unethical active role in proving the defendant's innocence after he develops the hots for the defense counsel. Of course, the likelihood of a juror getting it on with the defense lawyer during trial is ludicrous and, in real life, would probably get both charged criminally and the lawyer disbarred. But the credible acting of the leads helps us to overlook that unlikely scenario and focus instead on who really done it. Anyone with any background knowledge of law, procedure and ethics might wonder about some of the judicial rulings handed down by the trial judge, but they figure significantly in the who and why of who really done it. Cher, by the time she made the film, was firmly established as a leading lady, and she demonstrates here that she can carry the responsibility. "Suspect," despite its unlikely premise, is nonetheless a compelling view, and the solution (and, yes, the defendant is innocent) is a stunner! |
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