Well crafted, acted, directed and especially written crime spectacle that blew out of nowhere and set Hollywood on its ass.  It stood out from the crowd in the middle 90's but I don't think it quite lived up to its hype, mind you the hype was pretty intense, so that's understandable.  For better or worse it was highly influential for the next decade and resuslted in some good films in the genre, and some awful crap.

This movie is not a classic;I would not put it up there with "Chinatown" or with "The Graduate". However, this is a very, very, good movie. I liked the fact that the movie contained 3 separate plots, all of them compelling. The script is excellent. Another good thing is that it resurrected John Travolta's career. Travolta showed that he was not some cheesy relic from the 70s;he showed that he could act.

I haven't seen it in its entirety in a while, and maybe I would appreciate it more if I did. However, I never really thought it was all it was cracked up to be. An entertaining movie, but certainly not a classic in my mind.

Way I heard it a soul was in the case, X.

What was in that case?

An entertaining but overrated and hyped by too many critics.