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Summary: umm...
Review: I have conflicting veiws for this movie...On one hand it is very interesting and keeps your attention, but on the other hand it is VERY disturbing! A dark and gloomy movie to watch when your in the mood for that kind.
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Summary: Agreed that some reviews are wayyyy to harsh
Review: I remember first seeing this film at its premiere in the Sundance Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. I won't revisit plot points that other reviews go into here, but I will say that it's a rather infectious twist of murder/mystery/thriller/comedy(in a fashion) about a situation dwelling in the realms of the Electra complex. The fact that it makes you laugh at times almost halts you into thinking: "Should I laugh at this?" After the movie, I met Julia Stiles at the front of the theater and congratulated her on such a gutsy role. She smiled and thanked me. Little did I know that she would move on in her movie career! If you're reading Julia, GOOD FOR YOU!! It's not your run-of-the-mill Hollywood flick...I should say, THANKFULLY IT'S NOT. There are definitely no formulas at work here. Enjoy!
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Summary: Agreed that some reviews are wayyyy to harsh
Review: I remember first seeing this film at its premiere in the Sundance Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. I won't revisit plot points that other reviews go into here, but I will say that it's a rather infectious twist of murder/mystery/thriller/comedy(in a fashion) about a situation dwelling in the realms of the Electra complex. The fact that it makes you laugh at times almost halts you into thinking: "Should I laugh at this?" After the movie, I met Julia Stiles at the front of the theater and congratulated her on such a gutsy role. She smiled and thanked me. Little did I know that she would move on in her movie career! If you're reading Julia, GOOD FOR YOU!! It's not your run-of-the-mill Hollywood flick...I should say, THANKFULLY IT'S NOT. There are definitely no formulas at work here. Enjoy!
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Summary: I wish I could give it less than one star
Review: Obviously a remake of some foreign film, this DVD has a great cast playing paper-thin and stereotyped characters. Stiles plays a typically lippy teen who takes on her mother's role when the mother is gruesomely murdered. Since the DVD package contains a spoiler for the film, I won't be revealing anything here you can't get from the packaging. Adultery, incest, murder, and inexplicable partnerships turn this movie into a muddled mess and the ending is predictable 20 minutes out. If you need an example of a bad film for class, this may be the only reason to get this DVD.
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Summary: Great Soap Opera feel.
Review: OK, so it has Julia Stiles in it. That may turn a lot of people off. Or maybe on. This was one of her first rolls and it was a direct-to-video semi-hit back in 1998. It's an amazing film and watching it last night, I had to write this review. WICKED is a movie where nothing is what it seems. 14-year-old Ellie Christianson (Julia Stiles) lives to run away. In fact, she has a suitcase just for that. She never does, always giving up her fight. She always fights with her mother Karen Christianson (Chelsea Field) who's having an affair with deadbeat loser neighbor Lawson Smith (Patrick Muldoon). She seems to only get along with her dad, Ben (Billy Moses) and little sister, Inger (Vanessa Zima). One day, Karen is bludgen to death with a mask (part of the comedy and tragety masks) in her own home, in a gated community. All fingers point to Ellie who never liked her mother much and is always getting into trouble. Ellie was always the Daddy's Girl and a confessed favorite of her father's. So she decides to take over where her mother left off, wearing her clothes and cooking for her family. After she seduces her father, she thinks that they will be together forever. But when former maid Lena Anderson (Louise Myrback) decides marry Ben to get her green card, Ellie gets the idea that she should try to run away again.... The review seems short but I can't write much without giving anything away. WICKED is a very visual movie. Spetacular colors are used in several scenes. Before the murder, everything around the house is completly white. Making the viewing of blood a lot more shocking and graphic. RECCOMENDED TO FANS OF:
Dressed To Kill (1980)
Wild Things (1998)
Poison Ivy (1992) CAST
Julia Stiles..............Ellie Christianson
Louise Myrback..........Lena Anderson
Billy Moses..............Ben Christianson
Chelsea Field.......Karen Christianson
Vanessa Zima.......Inger Christianson
Patrick Muldoon............Lawson Smith Linda Hart.........................Mrs. Potter THE MOVIE: 3.5/4 THE PICTURE QUALITY is a 9.5/10. There are some specks that appear briefly. However it's in 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen which drags in an extra point for the rebounds. THE AUDIO QUALITY is Dolby Surround 2 channel while the box states there is a 5.1 channel on the package as well. 8/10 THE SPECIAL FEATURES are trailers for several movies including this one and filmographies (no doubt to show off what Stiles has been in) SUBTITLES: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai.
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Summary: Comic Tragedy
Review: Okay, I've read some of what my fellow reviewers have said about this film and some are wrong. Folks, you may not want to believe this, but there really are people out there like this. Yes, there really are cheesy detectives and there really are kids like the Julia Stiles character, Ellie. As a matter of fact, Ellie resembles a highly developed RAD diagnosis. They are manipulative, they are obsessive, and they have no empathy. They can kill without a care if it suits their plan.
You may laugh at this film, as reality through Ellie's eyes can be so absurd that it's funny, but overall, the film has more truth to it than you may want to admit.
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Summary: It began with tragedy and ended with irony
Review: So I guess the tragedy and comedy masks the Christensen family keeps in their dining room parallel the plot. Not to mention, Ellie Christensen (short for Electra maybe...?), played by Julia Stiles, has an Electra Complex, just like the character from the ancient greek tragedy for whom the psychological condition was named. She is obsessed with her father, and may very well be responsible for the brutal murder of her mother.
I really liked this movie and I loved the music. Yeah, it was twisted, but I've encountered less severe cases of the Electra Complex in various texts and films and so it was something I could recognize, and relate to. It's so much better when you watch a movie to be able to say, Ok, this is what that is.
Anyway, don't watch this with your parents.
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Summary: The movie fits its own tiitle
Review: The wicked truth about this movie is that the movie was horrible. I am one to grow soft on criticizing movies that I didn't enjoy by saying that it was `okay,' or `could've been better,' but I have to be frank with my opinion by saying that it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Julie Styles is one of my favorite actresses due to the riveting movies that she has appeared in since 10 Things I Hate About You. But this movie deprives her of that title. The movie starts out with a rebellious girl, Ellie Christianson, living in a small colorful town with flaky/uptight people who she feels she needs to contest to. In the beginning of the movie, Ellie's mother is brutally murdered by the saddened face of a drama theatre mask used as a decoration in their home. The audience is led to believe that Ellie killed her mother to gain the attention of her father's love. And as the movie goes on, the viewers are resilient in thinking that Ellie isn't the murderer, but her neighbor, Ellie's mother's lover, Lawson Smith, is...
As the movie progresses, other unforeseen twists occur.
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Summary: The movie fits its own tiitle
Review: The wicked truth about this movie is that the movie was horrible. I am one to grow soft on criticizing movies that I didn't enjoy by saying that it was 'okay,' or 'could've been better,' but I have to be frank with my opinion by saying that it was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Julie Styles is one of my favorite actresses due to the riveting movies that she has appeared in since 10 Things I Hate About You. But this movie deprives her of that title. The movie starts out with a rebellious girl, Ellie Christianson, living in a small colorful town with flaky/uptight people who she feels she needs to contest to. In the beginning of the movie, Ellie's mother is brutally murdered by the saddened face of a drama theatre mask used as a decoration in their home. The audience is led to believe that Ellie killed her mother to gain the attention of her father's love. And as the movie goes on, the viewers are resilient in thinking that Ellie isn't the murderer, but her neighbor, Ellie's mother's lover, Lawson Smith, is...
As the movie progresses, other unforeseen twists occur.
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Summary: Modern Parents Beware!
Review: There is a point in this movie where the poor picked on main character (stiles)realizes that physical violences gives power. And in this world of words are mightier than the sword, She changes all that. It is OK to verbaly insult someone to tears, but do not punch them or else your in trouble. So this wicked girl goes around doing physical violence because it shocks everyone. I remember a time when a parent would knock a kid into next week for saying half of what this girl says, But times change... The movie is predictable, there is no character to ground yourself with. It looks like Stiles made this movie years ago. Only worth watching if your a big fan and/or your up real late with absolutly nothing else to do.
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