Wild Things

Pros: A wild ride full of wild things - yet strangely still wild four years later.
Cons: Too wild for some. May cause headaches.

Imagine my surprise for a moment. There I stood, 22 years of age. Walking into a movie theater anxiously awaiting the start of a movie of which all I had heard was “you gotta see it!”. But first, I had to score the perfect center, right in the middle,...

Pros: Old pro actors like Bill Murray, Theresa Russell and Robert Wagner.
Cons: The old pros are all in supporting parts.

I arrived in Schenectady this afternoon for rehearsal to find nothing finished for the debut of my 'Sink For Your Supper' concert tour this evening. The motorized iceberg that's to carry me across the stage was belching smoke and being worked on by a...

Pros: The plot, the performances
Cons: Too convoluted in the end!!

Introduction Mysteries are the most difficult genre of movies as once the audience cracks the mystery the movie does not sell. So usually mysteries have other elements to attract the crowd other than just the mystery. John McNaughton just ...

Pros: tightly scripted, well acted, sexy
Cons: strong language, violence, sexual content...may be offensive to some

There's a murder investigation during the movie Wild Things. During the investigation, the officer tells a young man, "Jimmy,Not everytone is what he appears to be." That's a good motto to keep in mind while watching this movie. You see, not everything...

Pros: Great acting, very sexy, very sensual, lots of plot twists and turns...
Cons: hmmm... could be too difficult for some to follow...

Pros: Tight, complex story -- twisted tight till the end. Sexy, funny.
Cons: Perhaps omitting the Sam/Ray sexual overtones was a cop-out.

This is a classic American crime story set in the swamps of the southland. A mystery, a thriller. It's sexy and sultry; full of surprises and shocks. The first-time viewer will be taken down a twisted path of betrayed plot trajectories and unpredictable...

Pros: The presence of some big name actors
Cons: Too darn many plot twists

Plot twists are like cayenne pepper. A little bit of cayenne in a dish makes it spicy; too much makes you down water by the pitcherful. The occasional twist makes what would ordinarily be a blah movie into a pretty good movie. And plot twists are...

Pros: Some intriguing plot twists, Nice female anatomies
Cons: Ultimately collapses under the weight of unending plot twists

I admit that I wasn't terribly interested in watching this from the start (my girlfriend wanted to watch it), and I was pretty immediately put off by the corny, melodramatic dialogue, the totally unconvincing behavior of virtually every character, and by...

Pros: Good acting, good story
Cons: A little strange and gory

One of the strangest movies I have ever seen. I am usually pretty good figuring out how a movie (or book) will go - in fact, sometimes too much - but this guy lost me. I mean he killed her, she killed him .... wait, he is back, she is back .... what a...

Pros: Serpentine plot with twists you won't see coming.
Cons: Sordid characters, too many plot twists reduce their overall effect.

There's a point fairly late in the movie "Wild Things" where dogged investigator Ray Duchette (Kevin Bacon) stands at a crime scene, talking with an overly-trusting teenage witness (Cory Pendergrast). "People are not always what they seem," Duchette...

Pros: more plot twists than a corkscrew
Cons: some overacting

Ok lets be honest, there was a lot of hype for this movie due to the sex scenes. Especially the infamous one involving the three principal characters. This is the reason a lot of people (guys) went to see it when it first came out. This is probably even...

Pros: brilliant direction, fine performance, dramatic and intense
Cons: If you miss a scene you miss out on the entire movie

John McNaughton directs this intense psycho-drama with such a majestic artistry that I really couldn't keep my eyes off the screen, during the entire movie. This movie featured a cast of Denise Richards {Starship Troopers}, Neve Campbell {Scream, The...

Pros: Guilty Pleasure without the Guilt
Cons: Guilty Pleasure

The most often-asked question I have gotten in my career as a film critic isn’t how I see the movies. It isn’t what I review for. It isn’t how much do I make, or have I ever been blurbed. It’s do I review porn. I smile at this, display a little bit...

Pros: Not Much
Cons: A Lot

Continuing with Hollywood’s latest fascination with crime stories set in atmospheric Florida (see Palmetto), Wild Things makes good use of the damp, muggy mood to create a down and dirty movie. As the repeated (and repetitive) shots of alligators would...

Pros: Plot is quite interesting.
Cons: Plot isn't as deep as it should have been, less than stellar acting.

Let me say that while I disagree with the rave review of chanster I do recommend this movie, it just has a lot of flaws. For starters it has a great basis, it's just too focused on the T&A.

Don't get me wrong, Neve Campbell and Denise...