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
Female Perversions (1996)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:7
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.8/10
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... [More]
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher
Director: Susan Streitfeld
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Reviews for Female Perversions
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Top CriticThe result is short on plot but long on observational detail and psychological resonance.
04/12/02
Top CriticEven 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.
02/14/01
Top CriticOften too pretentious to be profound.
01/01/00
Top CriticTaken as a whole, this is not a product of the cookie cutter and should be of interest to the adventurous filmgoer.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis film is steamy, pulsing with veracity, boldly performed.
01/01/00
Top CriticThis is the kind of movie you can't stop thinking about.
01/01/00
Top CriticThanks 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.
01/01/00
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