Wild Things

1998 "They're dying to play with you."
6.6| 1h48m| R| en
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When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

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WasAnnon Slow pace in the most part of the movie.
VividSimon Simply Perfect
Anoushka Slater While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.
Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.
tdrish Good movie. I'm not knocking it. It's engrossing, it's rich in characters, it's just fun. Do you think we could have done without all the twists? At the time, it was just a sexy shocker, but once you were done watching it, the fun is over. Unless you were going to watch it again with someone else, just to see the shocked look on their face after one crazy twist is revealed after another, it just wasn't anything to write home about. Meaning, if you look back on it, you know you had a great time watching it, but when you look back on it, you can't deny that this is all very silly, very ridiculous, and just goes way too over the top. Story centers around a girl who accuses an older man of sexually assaulting her. From there, it just escalates into insanity, as the movie becomes more and more twisted, revealing more and more unbelievable twists and turns, that it gets to the point where by the time you are expecting the next twist, you're just thinking " GET THE (****) OUT OF HERE!" Bottom line: The movie lives up to its name. I would average this to be a 6.7 star film, I would love to round it off to 7, but certain factors that I cannot specify here, because it would ruin the film for you, I can only say that I am giving it 6 stars, as a few things dragged the rating down for me. ( After you're done watching, you will understand. Ending is satisfying, but....you will understand.)
christopher-underwood Hadn't seen this for a very long time so the twists and turns had me going all over again. Watched the longer, import version, which has a bit more sex but more importantly more plot exposition, just to help those twists nicely along. Matt Dillon is as good as I have seen him in anything and the two young women, played by Denise Richards and Neve Campbell are perfect. As a bonus we have a wonderful, underplayed of course, performance from Bill Murray. Looks good with solid cinematography and direction and I was surprised how good the dialogue is. Maybe just a little longer than it should be with a twist too many, but I was thinking that as the film closed and then some craziness during and after main credits had me smiling once more.
RavenGlamDVDCollector I am unable to discuss the full storyline of this movie. My disk gave in about five minutes to the end, it was during the second of the revealing scenes after The End appeared on- screen. But I don't think Kelly is dead. No way.Herewith just my nomination for Denise Richards for the RavenGlam title Most Beautiful Girl On Film Ever. Yes, I have others contending for that title here at ElectricLadyLand, but certainly, Ms. Richards is a most viable contender. The "I was raped" tearful confession to her mother features the best close-up of a girl's face I have ever, and that is Ever, seen, and she was crying tears, so I am forever gonna remember this one, it is just bunny-nosed beautiful!As for the story, I would have preferred a more rock-solid male character. Oh, and laugh heartily now, but no freaking way could I take Neve "Julia PARTY OF FIVE Salinger" seriously - no way - she has proved she can only do one form of acting, ambling on in neutral gear, throwing in a regular fake little laugh. To think what was expected of her years and years ago when she appeared on the cover of Seventeen...Worth watching for Denise Richards alone. It is the one and final time that you truly, truly, truly get your money's worth...
SnoopyStyle In the Florida glades town of Blue Bay, Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) is the rich queen bee of the high school. Her father killed himself leaving her with her flirtatious mother (Theresa Russell). Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) is the school counselor accused of raping her. Police detectives Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) and Gloria Perez (Daphne Rubin-Vega) investigate. Sam hires unscrupulous defense lawyer Ken Bowden (Bill Murray). Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) is the outsider poor white trash classmate who has a similar story about Sam raping her. Both stories have Sam saying No little girl can make me come.As a noir crime mystery, this is way too convoluted to be compelling. It tries to be hard-boiled but it has a few too many twists. It has two or three twists too many. The good thing here is that this is a full-on campy sexploitation and the movie knows it. Director John McNaughton happily and proudly wades through the muck. This is deliberate cheese and there is some good fun to be had. Bill Murray is really camping it up. The threesome is famous or infamous on par with Sharon Stone. It's a cheap guilty pleasure.