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Female Perversions (1996)

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Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 21
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Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
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An outwardly successful woman teeters on the brink of emotional collapse in this psychological drama. Evelyn Stevens (Tilda Swinton) is a skilled and well-regarded attorney who is being considered for a prestigious judicial appointment. However, she's plagued by self-doubt and neurotic obsessions (the "perversions" referenced in the title), including an obsession with expensive clothes and cosmetics, lingering fears about her relationship with her lover John (Clancy Brown), an exaggerated sense

R, 1 hr. 56 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Susan Streitfeld

Written By: Julie Hebert, Susan Streitfeld, Julie Hébert

In Theaters: Apr 25, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Nov 27, 2001

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Cast

Tilda Swinton
Evelyn Stevens
Amy Madigan
Madelyn Stevens
Karen Sillas
Renee
Laila Robins
Emma
Clancy Brown
John
Frances Fisher
Annuncata
Marcia Cross
Evelyn's Mother
Lisa Jane Persky
Margot
Paulina Porizkova
Langley
Dale Shuger
Ed
John Diehl
Sandy Martin

Critic Reviews for Female Perversions

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (7)

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.

June 27, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

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The result is short on plot but long on observational detail and psychological resonance.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

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.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

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Often too pretentious to be profound.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

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

January 1, 2000 Comment

Jeff Millar

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

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

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Stack

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

Humorless and swathed in symbolism, it taunts us with cerebral puzzles that we may not care to solve.

January 9, 2002 Full Review Source: Movieline

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Stephen Farber

Movieline

Streitfeld is only fitfully successful.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Kim Williamson

Boxoffice Magazine

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.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: E! Online

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E! Online

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?

January 1, 2000 Comment

Liz Braun

Jam! Movies

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

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Jane Stefanski

Empire Magazine

A richly textured movie that demands a second viewing to comprehend it all.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews

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Steve Rhodes

Internet Reviews

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

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

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Aptly named, this film depicts several activities labeled perverse by society at large, yet through those revelations we come to understand the demons that Evelyn (Tilda Swinton) is facing down. Strong performances by Swinton and Amy Madigan, as her (younger? older?) sister, Madelyn propel the film. Both women are

February 20, 2012