In the Cut (2003)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 147
Fresh: 50 | Rotten: 97
Ryan is very good playing against type, but Campion's good-looking thriller is far from thrilling.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 39
Fresh: 12 | Rotten: 27
Ryan is very good playing against type, but Campion's good-looking thriller is far from thrilling.
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Jane Campion directs the erotic thriller In the Cut, based on the best-selling suspense novel by Susanna Moore. Set in New York City during the summertime, the film is centered on Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a middle-class English teacher in the midst of researching a book project about colloquial language. One night she accidentally witnesses a sexual situation involving a suspected killer, which may make her valuable to a police investigation. When Detective Malloy (Mark Ruffalo) comes to her
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Cast
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Meg Ryan
Franny Avery -
Mark Ruffalo
Det. James Malloy -
Kevin Bacon
John Graham -
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Pauline -
Nick Damici
Det. Richard Rodriguez -
Sharrieff Pugh
Cornelius Webb -
Sunrise Coigney
Frannie's Young Mother -
Micheal Nuccio
Frannie's Young Father -
Alison Nega
Young Father's Fiance -
Dominick Aries
Attentive Husband -
Susan Gardner
Perfect Wife -
Heather Litteer
Angela Sands -
Julius Le Flore
Cursing Motorist -
Dana Lubotsky
Laundry Room Murder Wit... -
Michelle Hurst
Teacher At Frannie's Sc... -
Vinny Vella Sr.
Concerned Bystander -
Arthur J. Nascarella
Captain Crosley -
Theo Kogan
Baby Doll Bartender -
Funda Duyal
Baby Doll Bartender -
Jacinto Taras Riddick
Detective In Precinct -
Sebastian Sozzi
Frannie's Student -
Cordell Clyde
Informer -
Yaani King
Frannie's Student -
Frank Harts
Frannie's Student -
Daniel T. Booth
Red Turtle Bartender -
James Fiero
Detective Halloran -
Ami Goodheart
Baby Doll Dancer -
Tim House
Baby Doll Bar Customer -
Nancy La Scala
Baby Doll Dancer -
Patrice O'Neal
Hector Baby Doll; The B... -
Upendran Paniker
Taxi Driver -
Karen Riggins
Baby Doll Dancer -
Sharon Riggins
Baby Doll Dancer -
Hal Sherman
Forensic Detective -
Sandy Vital
Baby Doll Dancer -
Zach Wegner
Frannie's Student -
Kendra Zimmerman
Café Waitress, Café Wa...
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All Critics (162) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (98) | DVD (22)
I found the movie reasonably absorbing from moment to moment.
Top Critic[T]he character that Meg Ryan is playing so well here is so compelling. I think it's a wonderful performance that the movie is worth seeing for that.
More of an intriguing project than a satisfying experience.
Belabored and muddled movie, whose dreamy visual style and daring sexual material can't elide glaring inconsistencies in tone, plot and logic.
When In The Cut is good, it is very good.
It's not for everyone, but I couldn't take my eyes away.
Weak plot with grisly middle; should've been NC-17.
A failed thriller, if a thriller it was intended to be. But it is a great success as... a study of female sexual psychology in a world of hypermasculine violence.
Should a movie be penalized for failing to be something it never tried or aspired to be? Perhaps the marketing is to blame, or the hype surrounding Meg Ryan's nudity.
Like a long-lost relic from an earlier period best forgotten.
... a curious mistake rather than a disaster
...would've been a whole lot better if it had been about 30 minutes shorter, but as it is, it's a barely passable thriller.
Too self-consciously arty and irregularly paced.
É uma pena constatar que, afinal de contas, Meg Ryan tirou a roupa por um filme que, ironicamente, também se encontra despido. Neste caso, de méritos artísticos.
A flaccid thriller as lifeless as the film's many decapitated corpses.
Audience Reviews for In the Cut
Director: Jane Campion
Summary: Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a New York writing professor entwined in an erotic affair with a police detective (Mark Ruffalo) who's investigating the murder of a young woman in Frannie's neighborhood. But soon Frannie begins to suspect her lover's involvement in the crime.
My Thoughts: "Considering the cast I was expecting better, but it was just so not good at all. The acting was there, but the story and all of the other stuff just was crap. Usually I will recommend a movie even when I don't like it, or care for to much, but this isn't even worth that. Just a pointless, boring, and too long of a film."
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A serial killer film to keep the audience focused, almost sub-plotted to heighten the intensity heightens.
Great performances all around particularly Mark Ruffalo, enjoyed Jennifer Jason Leigh's character too and Meg Ryan as you've never seen her.