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Summary: I haven't seen a movie this bad in a long time. Pointless.
Review: First, the plot here is non-sensical. It is choppy, inconsistent, and highly unoriginal. The director attempts to mask this by over-stylizing the film. What is the point behind even having a serial killer here? It is really just a subplot to a twisted romance. Then, to add insult to injury, the violence is graphic and sensationalistic. What is the point behind having a killer that "disarticulates" his victims? Why does he put an engagement ring on their fingers? Why is Meg Ryan's character even attracted to this cop who she suspects to be a killer with a fondness for prostitutes? Why is Mark Ruffalo's character such a complete and utter jerk with a disgusting mouth and all the charm of a pencil? There are so many "whys" to this film that I could go on forever!Second, there is not one likeable character in this film. Ryan's character is cold and obnoxious. Ruffalo's character, along with his partner, is a slimy, stereotypical, crude police officer, right down to the mustache. The relationship between these two is so lacking in chemistry or believability it is funny. Third, Ryan's performance is trash. Just because it is different for her, doesn't mean it's good. A mannequin could have played this role with equal effectiveness. Fourth, Jane Campion's directing abilities are highly overrated. If a "nobody" would have wanted to make this film, they wouldn't have gotten the chance. Campion's attempts to add a feminist undercurrent to everything is hackneyed and ineffective. This film is not only an insult to women and feminist ideaology, it is an insult to humanity. Anyone who tries to intellectualize this film is wasting their time. It's garbage-- plain and simple. Believe me, I could go on, but I have wasted enough time on this movie.
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Summary: What was she thinking?
Review: I don't know what Meg Ryan was thinking when she made this movie. If she's trying to change her wholesome image, she did, and not for the better. This movie was dark, unfocused, nasty, and the ending was just horrible. I wouldn't recommend this DVD to anyone. Skip it! I wish I had.
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Summary: What was she thinking?
Review: I'm surprised at Meg Ryan for making this movie. If she's trying to change her image, she did, and not for the better. This movie rambled from one nasty scene to the next. The storyline was hard to follow. The movie was dark and just not what I wanted or expected. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. The ending thoroughly stunk, too!
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Summary: Good performances, mediocre script
Review: "In the Cut" is provocative director Jane Campion's ("The Piano", "Holy Smoke") attempt at a mainstream erotic thriller. The result is a beautifully executed, well-acted movie that just can't overcome the mediocre material. The performances in this film are all really very good. Meg Ryan, playing totally against type, is terrific as Frannie, an icy, repressed schoolteacher who finds herself caught up in the investigation of a local serial killer. Mark Ruffalo is also excellent playing the creepily charming homicide detective investigating the case, who also becomes Frannie's love interest. Jennifer Jason Leigh has a supporting role as Frannie's doomed, promiscuous sister, and she's terrific as usual (although wasted in a role that an actress as good as she could probably play in her sleep). Ryan and Ruffalo do have good chemistry and generate plenty of heat together; the sex scenes are intense and very hot. Unfortunately, the script of the film is just not very good. The murder mystery/psychological thriller aspect of the film isn't nearly as interesting as the sexual chemistry of its leads, and toward the end of the film the story descends into typical, by-the-numbers serial killer fare, complete with a cartoonish, evil villian and all. It's a shame that such a great director, working with fine actors with such terrific chemistry, didn't have better material to work with.
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Summary: When Dante visited the Purgatory
Review: Frankly, I am no prude and was not in the least disturbed by the sex. The offended party was my intelligence, by the poor, very poor plot, which was not in the least credible and but highly predictable. The main characters had no chemistry going on and Frannie would win the Prize of the dummest gal on the block. Frankly, who would sleep with a guy you suspect may have decapitated your sister? The sex, the vulgarity and the violence are there only for their shock value, not as an explanation of the characters inner motivations. Wrapped it as much as you want with Dante quotes (from the Hell) to entertain some pretentions of being an artist, it does not redeem the content, or lack of...The only bright lights are the performance of Kevin Bacon who makes for a very credible disturbed man (gave us the most frightening moments of the movie) and some nice photography. If you are idea of Purgatory is a long stay in a boring place, with lots to annoyed you, than this movie is all that.
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Summary: Close, but not quite there
Review: Jane Campion's In the Cut is very hip, great ciematography, interesting story, but all in all it just kind of lulls around for 2 hours. Since this movie is in the erotic suspense genre, one would expect that it would be the type of movie that keeps you glued to your television screen with interest. However, despite Meg Ryan's allure, and the hipness of the film, something seems a little disjointed that didn't capture my full attention. Namely, the plot can't make up its mind whether the movie is about sex, or if it is a thriller, and the two don't work together as well as Campion intended. This was a great role for Meg Ryan. She wore brown contacts and dyed her hair brown to ditch her All-american blonde hair/blue eyed look that has won her the title of queen of romantic comedies. She showed that she is quite capable as a sex object, and not in the cutesy "Sleepless in Seattle"/"You've Got Mail" way. Her acting is really top notch, and hopefully this role will allow her to break free from her typecast to a wider spectrum of roles. Jennifer Jason Leigh and Ruffalo did a fine job as supporting cast. However, as I said before, the main problem with this movie is that as a thriller it ultimately fails. Thrillers main goals should be at least to keep the audience's attention, and this movie was unsuccesful in achieving this goal.
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Summary: a mesmerizing, dark beauty
Review: Wonderful characters and visuals. Courageous, compelling performances by Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: ¿In the Cut¿ is disgusting to your gut
Review: This movie is unmoving, unappealing and disinteresting; definitely a kind of movie you ought to watch in a "fast-forward" mode. The movie's weak plot and poor characterization disgusts your gut to the point of labeling "in the Cut" as one of the most boring movies our generation has produced.
If I am asked to rank this movie on the scale of one to ten, I would surely give it negative ten.
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Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!!
Review: STUPID!! I REALLY LIKE MEG RYAN & WAS SHOCKED SHE WOULD PLAY IN SUCH A STUPID MOVIE - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!!
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Summary: Great Movie FOR MEG.... otherwise, just another movie
Review: IN THE CUT, as a movie, is just another movie. It tries to be more, with artistic camera use and dramatically quiet moments that lull you. Camera shots with focus adjustments to give you an uneasiness. Camera angles that are a little off kilter. Poems displayed on the subway that intend deeper meaning. Not to mention, a level of erotica that probably hasn't been attempted since the 70's. The movie is very explicit and exceedingly perverted in its dialogue. THIS is the most important thing about IN THE CUT. Not the level of explicitness, but the fact that goody goody romantic comedy sweetheart Meg Ryan is the subject of this explicitness. This was a very risky and successful turn for Meg Ryan. If she is to escape her reputation and try to find a niche in some different, more meaty movies, then IN THE CUT can most certainly do this for her. As far as the movie goes though, all the artsy pretentious melodramatic moments aside, this movie has no story. Bottom line, all the creativity that went into the camera direction and its attempt to be VISUALLY and MOODLY creative, should have been put into putting together a more unique and worthy story to tell. Take all the fluff and camera tricks away, and you have just another movie with the same ending we've seen a hundred times, with unappealing characters, and an empty feeling of a movie that didn't really have a whole lot to offer.
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