The acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion (THE PIANO) here turns her unusual artistic eye toward the urban erotic thriller genre. Based on the novel by Susanna Moore, IN THE CUT tells the story of Frannie (Meg Ryan) an English teacher living in Manhattan's East Village who finds herself mixed up in a homicide investigation after a severed head turns up in her garden. Jennifer Jason Leigh is her sexually unhinged half-sister and Mark Ruffalo plays a homicide detective on the case who falls into bed with Frannie after she's attacked on the Lower East Side. Suspects include her stalker ex-lover (Kevin Bacon) and a troubled student (Sharrieff Pugh) who's obsessed with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. As the body count rises however, Frannie realises that the prime suspect just may be the very cop in her bed. ... If this all sounds like a by-the-numbers sex crime thriller don't worry; Campion twists the genre towards her own ends, adding multi-layered focus, deeply saturated colours, a dream-like mood and copious amounts of feminist allegorical symbolism. Meg Ryan fans should be shocked by her performance here (replete with several nude scenes), which is a major departure from her usual cute characterisations. Nicole Kidman, who starred in Campion's PORTRAIT OF A LADY served as producer. Fans of that film, and Campion's work in general, should enjoy the perverse psychosexual theatrics on display in this grim urban fairy tale.
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In the Cut Ridley Scott's seminal horror sci-fi film is digitally remastered and re-edited to freak audiences out again
Widely regarded as a masterpiece of contemporary science fiction, Ridley Scott's Alien overcomes its haunted-house-in-space origins to deliver a virtuoso convergence of acting, production design and jump-through-the-ceiling terror. Despite being imitated, spoofed and shamelessly plagiarized since its release in 1979, Alien has retained its power to shock thanks to HR Giger's now infamous monster, the script's audacious Freudian riffs on sex, motherhood and birth and the central performance of Sigourney Weaver.
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Meg Ryan gets her kit off! Jane Campion directs a thriller! In the Cut is a lush romantic masterpiece! Which of these is actually true?
The answer is the first one. But while that may attract some viewers, let's just say that what is seen is no more or less than any other actress's nude scene in recent years, and that the sex scenes are about as erotic as watching the Tweenies. The thriller elements are sketchily observed and referred to, and Jane Campion seems more interested in showing us an apparently detached woman's trial by erotic fire.
Only it never convinces. It's too muddled. Scenes come and go without advancing the storyline, and the plot is sta...
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This is a totally different side portrayed by both Ryan and Ruffalo - liked the story, plot and music. Leigh added another dimension, which really added to the overall taboo of the film. Good from start to finish - worth the watch. 3.5/5
