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Poison Ivy (1992)

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Reviews Counted:25

Fresh:11

Rotten:14

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 3 hrs

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Lonely teen Sylvie Cooper befriends sexy schoolmate Ivy and watches as Ivy moves into her home and slowly takes over the Cooper family. A little girl gone bad, she seduces Sylvie's father and... Lonely teen Sylvie Cooper befriends sexy schoolmate Ivy and watches as Ivy moves into her home and slowly takes over the Cooper family. A little girl gone bad, she seduces Sylvie's father and betrays the bedridden mother. Ripping the family apart, Ivy situates herself as the new mother. Only Sylvie can save her family. [More]

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cheryl Ladd, Tom Skerritt, Sara Gilbert

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cheryl Ladd, Tom Skerritt, Sara Gilbert

Director: Katt Shea Ruben, Andy Ruben

Director: Katt Shea Ruben, Andy Ruben

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Release:

Sep 29, 2009

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DVD Features:

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Ambiguous and intriguing.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/11/08
Kim Newman
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Offbeat and compelling neo-noir.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/11/08
Channel 4 Film

Poison Ivy strikes a pleasing balance between emotion and ambiguity.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/11/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Unfortunate thesps take it all very seriously, while technical aspects are emptily polished.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/11/08
Variety Staff
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Variety
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Drew Barrymore stars in a melodrama that borders on high-class kiddie porn.

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02/11/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Shea's arty-trashy exploitation film is an amalgam of Fatal Attraction, Stepfather, and Pasolini's Teorema, in all of which the order of a middle-class is disrupted by a deparved interloper, well played here by the sexy Drew Barrymore as a modern Lolita

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10/09/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Its willingness to take risks, and its insights into the frailties and confusions of teenage friendships, lift the film right out of the rut.

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06/24/06
Time Out

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09/23/05
Michael Szymanski
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International Press Academy

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09/14/05
Michael Dequina
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02/09/05
Andy Klein
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02/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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02/22/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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12/14/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
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Sinsiter and savvy psychodrama

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/18/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Sleazy teen thriller isn't as much fun as it should be

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06/26/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

If Drew Barrymore hadn't been so good at being bad, then this truly would have been bad. But luckily, she was good--and so it's decent. You got all that?

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09/24/02
Widgett Walls
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Needcoffee.com

I'm still transfixed by little Gertie's devilish deeds!

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09/17/02
Clint Morris
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Moviehole

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory?

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05/12/01
Peter Travers
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Rolling Stone
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