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... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Cheryl Ladd, Tom Skerritt, Sara Gilbert
Director: Katt Shea Ruben, Andy Ruben
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Reviews for Poison Ivy
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Ambiguous and intriguing. Full Review |
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Offbeat and compelling neo-noir. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Poison Ivy strikes a pleasing balance between emotion and ambiguity. Full Review |
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Unfortunate thesps take it all very seriously, while technical aspects are emptily polished. Full Review |
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Drew Barrymore stars in a melodrama that borders on high-class kiddie porn. Full Review |
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B- |
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 Full Review |
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Its willingness to take risks, and its insights into the frailties and confusions of teenage friendships, lift the film right out of the rut. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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Sinsiter and savvy psychodrama Full Review |
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2/5 |
Sleazy teen thriller isn't as much fun as it should be
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3/5 |
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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3/5 |
I'm still transfixed by little Gertie's devilish deeds!
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Why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory? Full Review |
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