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Female Perversions (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 21

Fresh: 14

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Adapted from feminist-Freudian therapist Louise J. Kaplan's theoretical treatise, "Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary," this provocative, symbolism-heavy feature examines women's... Adapted from feminist-Freudian therapist Louise J. Kaplan's theoretical treatise, "Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary," this provocative, symbolism-heavy feature examines women's incongruent roles in society by delving into the mind of a powerful young attorney whose conflicting professional ambitions and physical desires threaten to drive her to madness. [More]

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher

Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher, Clancy Brown, Laila Robins, John Diehl, Paulina Porizkova, Dale Shuger, John Cassini, Sandy Martin, Marcia Cross, Shawnee Smith, Nina Wise, Judy Jean Berns, J. Patrick McCormick, Abdul Salaam el Razzac, Elizabeth Cava, Scotch Ellis Loring, Rick Zieff, Don Gettinger, Marra Racz, Ruben Knight, Russ Gething, Bailee Bileschi, Kim Blank, Robert Rider, Eva Rodriguez, Evangelina Rodriguez, Bea Marcus, Jim James, Kirstie Tyrone, Rana Joy Glickman, Viktor Manuel, Tere Wierson, Wade Durbin, Azalea Davila, Tony Pendegrass, Lisa Jane Persky

Director: Susan Streitfeld

Director: Susan Streitfeld
Screenwriter: Julie Hebert, Susan Streitfeld
Story: Louise J. Kaplan
Composer: Debbie Wiseman
Producer: Mindy Affrime

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The women (played by Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan) are so intriguing and complex that they almost overcome the trappings of a non-linear narrative that's borderline academic.

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06/27/06
Emanuel Levy
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01/26/06
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08/21/03
Michael Szymanski
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The result is short on plot but long on observational detail and psychological resonance.

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04/12/02
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Humorless and swathed in symbolism, it taunts us with cerebral puzzles that we may not care to solve.

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01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Movieline

Even if it works better as a provocative psychological treatise than as art, it does come alive and does provide major roles for Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan.

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02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Through a complex narrative technique and stunning imagery, the movie ... slips behind the mask of invincibility to portray a woman plagued by self-doubt and anguish.

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01/01/00
E! Online

Often too pretentious to be profound.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
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As a whole Female Perversions only provides a bewildering collection of beautifully photographed images and thought-provoking set pieces.

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01/01/00
Jane Stefanski
Empire Magazine

Taken as a whole, this is not a product of the cookie cutter and should be of interest to the adventurous filmgoer.

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01/01/00
Jeff Millar
Houston Chronicle
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Streitfeld is only fitfully successful.

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01/01/00
Kim Williamson
Boxoffice Magazine

Our Eve uses her beauty and sexuality to get ahead and yet simultaneously rails against both, leaving the viewer to ponder that age-old mystery of life: Who cares?

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01/01/00
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

The most intelligent, entertaining, provocative, absorbing, and, yes, feminist movie to grace our theatres in quite some time.

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Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

This film is steamy, pulsing with veracity, boldly performed.

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Peter Stack
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This is the kind of movie you can't stop thinking about.

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Roger Ebert
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Scott Renshaw
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Thanks to the mercurial fluency of Ms. Swinton's hot-and-cold performance, Eve emerges as much more than a symbolic case study of a powerful woman inwardly tearing herself to pieces.

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01/01/00
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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A richly textured movie that demands a second viewing to comprehend it all.

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