The movie is as tawdry as someone else's lingerie, yet not without a certain prurient watchability.
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02/11/08
Wild Things (1998)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:9
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A seemingly virtuous high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), is accused of raping students Kelly (Denise Richards) and Suzie (Neve Campbell). Ken Bowden (Bill Murray), an... [More]
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards
Director: John McNaughton
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Reviews for Wild Things
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Top CriticWhat I'm supposed to find 'satisfying' is predicated on the idea that almost everyone in the world is trash.
02/11/08
Top CriticThey're not calling it Wild Things for nothing.
02/11/08
Top CriticSly, torrid and original, pic is certain to shake up an otherwise complacent marketplace.
02/11/08
Top Critic[It's got] Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out, all the plot twists and double-crossing of a James Ellroy novel, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards having a catfight in a swimming pool and Bill Murray as a sleazy neck-brace-wearing lawyer.
08/14/07
Top CriticCall it gratuitous annoyance.
04/25/03
Top CriticOn its own terms, it works; that is, each ending is well thought-out and vaguely logical.
02/14/01
Top CriticIt is my dreary duty to report that Wild Things ... lacks fantasy and flamboyance, that it lacks, precisely, wild things, and that most of it is just flat.
01/01/00
Top CriticI've seen more convincing drama (with nearly as much bare flesh) on that pinnacle of narrative quality, Baywatch.
01/01/00
Top CriticLucky John McNaughton. Best known for the harder-edged Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer and Mad Dog and Glory," he hits the 90210 jackpot with a slick, steamy tale of nonstop treachery...
01/01/00
Top CriticThe expression 'cheap thrills' fits this movie perfectly. That's the only reason to see it. But if you're in the mood, that can be a pretty good reason.
01/01/00
Top CriticSure it's an exploitation movie, but this twisted Technicolor orgy is also a thriller in the original sense of that word.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's like a three-way collision between a softcore sex film, a soap opera and a B-grade noir. I liked it.
01/01/00
Top CriticWild Things gets into trouble when it aspires to be more than a sex exploitation movie.
01/01/00
Top CriticDirector John McNaughton has some sly fun with the noir genre in this sex-drenched tale of two young vixens (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards) who accuse their high school guidance counselor (Matt Dillon) of rape and begin unwinding plots within plots.
01/01/00
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