Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

chaos-rampant This has a smalltown sense of place, upstate New York with these quaint large houses surrounded by lawns, it has a devious femme fatale who wraps the square country boy around her finger and makes him dance, laying sexual traps all over the place. Linda Fiorentino is a pleasure to watch; cocky twist of the head, feline mischief while splayed on a bed, pure sashaying allure.On the other hand it's a bit quaint itself, something drummed up on a screenwriter's desk to twist and turn a certain way but, as we see it unfold, convenient in more than a few spots, and never really dreamed up as visual smoke from her sultry cigarette.It's simple so far as noirs go; a woman who cynically manipulates a story all along the way and the hapless stooge whose desire for her makes it come to life. When her story is foiled by a last minute revelation, she improvises a new one on the spot, using sex as the lure, ever the cunning storyteller.Noir Meter: 3/4 | Neo-noir or post noir? Neo

gavin6942 A devious sexpot steals her husband's drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.The rumor is that this film was intended to be a "skin flick" but the people involved wanted to make something a little bit better. What they ended up with was a thriller not unlike "Basic Instinct" and "Fatal Attraction". In a world full of stupid men, a crafty woman can control her destiny.How well this film is known, I do not know. I wasn't aware of it. But enough people have rated it on IMDb that it must have been big at the time. Heck, there are rumors that it almost got an Oscar nomination. (Lots of "rumors" with this film... not sure what to believe.)

guil fisher Sorry but this film disgusted me and I have to blame the writers, director and producers for letting crap like this be viewed. Oh, how I long for the code of decency to return. And you wonder why there are so many crimes committed in this country. Because these screwed-up writers are encouraging the crimes with their stories. When are we going to stop this? How many shootings, murders and crimes need to be committed to have us learn where much of it stems from? I cannot believe so many thought it a great classic film. Where in their sick world are they coming from? Maybe when it happens to them personally they'll think twice.As for the cast. Bill Pullman is the only actor I liked even though his character was somewhat less than desirable. The leading lady was a bitch in the first degree. I found it hard for any of these men to find her attractive at all. Flat chested, no butt and that friggin' hair always in her face. Her mouth the ugliest mouth I've ever seen. A complete turn-off to this viewer. The young man she duped was an idiot. I guess this is how they were supposed to play their roles, none of them likable at all. There was no redeeming grace in this movie. Only the theme that crime and murder does pay. So many times I wanted to come on the screen and slap that bitch as hard as I could.Enough of these horrendous films of injustice. Let's get back to some sensibility that movies are entertainment, not fuel for real life crimes. If I could vote a minus, I'd vote this trash a -10. I hated this movie with a passion. The author has no decency to let this bitch get away with murder. She kills all around her and gets away? Is that what you want us to believe? I am wishing that the plane crashes and takes her with it. Watched this a second time and turned it off half-way through. It scares me to think so many liked this movie. Sick people. Why we have so many murders and rapes in this country. Due to films that encourage it. All involved with this can go to Hell.

SnoopyStyle Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) is a telemarketing manager running a croaked boiler room. Her husband Clay Gregory (Bill Pullman) sells stolen pharmaceuticals for a big payday. She steals his money and leaves NYC. She stops at Beston on her way to Chicago. Mike Swale (Peter Berg) is tired of small town girls. She walks into the bar and he's smitten. Her lawyer Frank Griffith (J.T. Walsh) tells her to stay put while he starts the divorce. She gets a job as Wendy Kroy but Mike happens to work at the company. Clay is desperate to pay off a loan shark and manages to track her to an area code. Then he figures out that New York backwards is Wen Kroy and sends Harlan (Bill Nunn) to find Wendy.The bar scene is terrific and it's all about Linda Fiorentino. That goes for the whole movie. Her character is a real piece. Peter Berg is a good sucker and Bill Pullman is a good sleaze. It's surprisingly funny at times. It's all attitude and Fiorentino is dripping in it. Her dialog is neo-noir and snappy. I love the dark turns and her glee with making those turns.