Campion hits the same thematic ground with the same passionate release as she did in The Piano (1993) and the underrated Holy Smoke (1999).
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10/31/03
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In the Cut (2003)
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Reviews Counted:144
Fresh:48
Rotten:96
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: Ryan is very good playing against type, but Campion's good-looking thriller is far from thrilling.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Dramas
Theatrical Release:Oct 22, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $4,717,455
Synopsis: The acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion (THE PIANO) turns her unusual artistic eye toward the urban erotic thriller genre. Based on the novel by Susanna Moore, IN THE CUT tells the story of... [More]
Starring: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Jane Campion
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Reviews for In the Cut
A knotty mess, but not quite dismissable either.
10/21/03
Top CriticGenerates some genuine suspense, and it has loads of menacing atmosphere -- much of it created by Campion's succession of clever, imaginative, sexually teasing directorial touches.
10/30/03
Plays like a lurid, sexed-up Lifetime movie.
10/31/03
In the Cut is almost always compelling, even when its true-crime plot machinations appear obvious and flawed.
11/02/03
Film theory students researching the sexual content of movies by women directors are probably the only viewers who will be satisfied...
11/03/03
If your reason for seeing In the Cut is to watch America's sweetheart stripped bare, you'll get what you're looking for. On the other hand, if you're looking for a good movie, this one will disappoint.
10/21/03
Top CriticStylish, clever, and full of insight into the darker side of both male and female sexuality...
11/01/03
(Feels) less like a thriller and more like a fantasy of feminine self-hatred in which being manhandled by vile men is a turn-on.
10/31/03
As much as Meg Ryan wants to win an Academy Award, unfortunately, she doesn't make the cut.
11/07/03
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.
08/30/09
Campion creates a nearly lethal dose of emotion-deprivation, turning spine tickling dread into something nearly dreadful.
10/27/03
The characters ... are repeatedly forced to take a backseat not only to tired thriller elements but also to Campion's misplaced sense of artful abstraction.
11/04/03
A fascinating, invasive little movie... it tries to flip misogynist masturbation fantasies on their backs and into woman-on-top affirmations.
10/29/03
It's been a while since a major filmmaker has made a movie this heavy with symbolism, this portentous, and this bad.
10/31/03
Top Criticwants to discomfit us by delving into the psychological underpinnings of sex and violence and yet succeeds only in making us feel sorry for the people who tried so hard and came up with bupkis
10/25/03
There's a theme that runs through In the Cut: Men are psychos; women are pathetic.
10/24/03
In thrall to the power of words.
10/30/03
[A] story-hungry murder mystery that flubs its whodunit fundamentals.
10/22/03
Top CriticMark Ruffalo’s perf pushes this one up a notch, all the way to a D-
11/04/03
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