suspenser

/ səˈspɛnsə /

noun

1. a film that creates a feeling of suspense

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And the three and a quarter hours and 21 speaking parts required to tell its story — which is at once a shivery suspenser, a hearthside family portrait, a political tragedy and a journey across mythic seas — barely seem long enough to contain all it has to give us.

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Variety called it a “satisfying suspenser.”

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In Richard Condon’s satirical suspenser “The Manchurian Candidate,” the scion of a prominent political family is brainwashed into becoming a communist assassin.

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Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman offer sterling performances in this lean, mean suspenser, vivid evidence of Lumet’s undiminished skills at the twilight of his career.

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The atmospheric suspenser is among a handful of prestige pictures seeking to use awards-season promos to fuel their initial runs.

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