Knowing the high powered cast, I hung in there. The fine acting, occasionally humorous dialog and semi-relevant social commentary fails to overcome the problem. It's a giant bore. Pass.

An unusual film that feels more like a play than a motion picture. Six Degrees of Separation struggles with pacing issues and delivering a clear message but benefits from combing comedy and drama to alleviate the monotony of its narrative. Will Smith takes on a role unlike his usual and gives it his all, raising the question of why his career was spent playing action heroes.

A lot of fun. Smith's star turn is worth watching really for how it lampoons affluent Upper East siders.

I like the portrayal of rich white people in it. Other than that it doesn't really offer much.

A strong cast makes it a really interesting watch.

one of my favorites

I can see the appeal to this film but all I got from it was pretentious dialogue and a story that never fully develops

It’s fairly obvious that Six Degrees of Separation is a film based on a play. The speeches and the exposition all feel like watching live theater, and I thought the actors were even playing it broad and melodramatic as they might on the stage. This expressive performance creates some comedy, which I wasn’t totally sure was intentional. Later in the film, it became more obvious that they actually meant for this to be somewhat funny, but it took me some time to realize the actors were hamming it up on purpose. It rides the line for me, because I found it worthy of an occasional chuckle, but nothing was funny enough to give me a good hearty laugh. I spent most of the movie puzzling out the motives of Will Smith’s character. His past is slowly revealed as the film goes on, but it never gives us a clear idea of his end goal. It is the kind of movie that would normally have a big reveal at the end where we see why everything happened, but we get none of that here. The acting is what kept me engaged in Six Degrees of Separation. Everyone plays these pompous rich people with an excess of pride and privilege. Donald Sutherland might have the strongest grasp on how to spin it for comedic effect, because he has certain expressions that made me smile, and an excess of earnestness that works so well. Will Smith is delightful as the fast-talking con man. He has the advantage that his character has a past outside of high society, so any time I hear his proper speech slip, it’s hard to tell if it was accidental or a character choice. The biggest struggle I have with Six Degrees of Separation is that there appears to be very little story to tell. It’s a bunch of interactions and interesting conversations, but I couldn’t find a goal or purpose for any of the characters. The ending is disappointing because I didn’t know why they got there, and I didn’t care what would happen next. It’s an easy film to watch, but I can’t help feeling like I’m missing something.

Good acting all around think Blobbo.

Anyone who gave this movie a bad rating is simple not intelligent enough to follow from premis to conclusion.

Interesting Story. Amazing performance by a young Will Smith. He probably should have been nominated for an Oscar. Stockard Channing was surprisingly nominated for her role. The story itself is okay, but still very interesting about a young man that just wants to be accepted and have a family.

Inspired by a 1983 newspaper account, John Guare's film adaptation of his own play is about a pampered socialite's gradual realization of her spiritual emptiness beneath her complacent sophistication when one night came a-knocking an African-American confidence man fuelled with an aching yearning to be part of her world.

Wonderful, thoughtful and hilarious.

Story/Screenplay: (2/5) As the end credits rolled, I just sat, addled and slightly slack-jawed. It's kind of hard to like a story if you can't relate with anyone or anything that's in it. Duration/Tempo: (3/5) At 1 hour and 52 minutes, it's an average length movie that felt about the same. It didn't feel long, but I would have liked it to be shorter. Cast & Crew: (3/5) Donald Sutherland was on a roll when he did this film. I liked his performance. Stockard Channing and Will Smith were good, but their characters were kooky. The better they acted, the more I wanted the movie to end. Summary: (2/5) The cast was somewhere between good and middling, the film didn't end quick enough, and the story hurt my brain. A thumbs down.

Mind-bending,dramatic, and full of mystery, Six Degrees of Separation gives magnificent performances from Will Smith and Stockard Channing

Sort of fun, sort of funny, and sort of ridiculous with an impractical and mopey ending.

Will Smith has arguably had one of the most versatile, and long lasting in the entertainment business. A successful rapper, a tv star and at this time 1993 had begun his highly impressive career in cinema. Six degrees of separation is unlike any film he would go on to do later in his life. Will stars alongside an impressive cast that features 2 acting heavyweights. I must say I truly enjoyed watching will here and this film as a whole. Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing play a rich couple living in the upper east side of manhattan. one night a man named paul claiming to be mugged shows up at their door and begins to charm his way into spending a night in the house. what the two don't realize is he is a con man and he is really charming his way into their lives. This entire experience is mentioned at several lavish parties by the couple. Such a smart script and plot. I liked how the story was set. it was told by the couple at different places as a past event. overall it's a movie where the character paul is a legend told all among the upper class. it was interesting seeing how paul ended up really effecting the lives of the main characters. He's dangerously good. Very sophisticated style and mood. the music is interesting its one of radiance and cantor. took a little bit of time but it got funny real quick I must say it is hell of a 3 man lead to have will smith, ian mckellen and Donald Sutherland in the same film. I didn't even know will had collaborated with these individuals along with stockard channing. I'm actually surprised to see will smith play a carlton banks type guy who really is a con man. Very intelligent and charming young man and he seems to be a guy who obsessively researches which always makes for a cunning character. this role is truly unlike any he would later do in his career except that it has some I repeat SOME similarities to his character in Focus. he actually shows so much range that he could nail a serial killer role or any kind of thriller easy. channing's character is quite the chatterbox but was pretty funny. however I didn't see anything really noteworthy with this role. guess the Oscars needed an extra woman to fill in the slot. I mean it wasn't bad her performance but it didn't quite deserve the level of recognition it got. jj abrams cameo was pretty cool I didn't know he could act. Six degrees of separation is a really well done picture and worth a view

awesome movie full of surprizing twist n turns

"chaos, control; chaos, control..."

Surprising and mostly for the better.