it got two oscars, and is the current #15 on the Imdb.com all time top movie chart!

and all actors turned out okay in their later careers (Spacey and Del Toro won oscars a few years ago, Bryan Singer (the director) has his own blockbuster movie series (X-Men)

this all isn't bad for a relatively cheap ($6 million) movie.

the only recognition it did not get enough was at the box office: $24 million in the US. That's not much, I agree