This neo-noir takes the "femme fatale draws regular joe into intrigue" plot and makes the regular joe a regular jill.
But I got bored early on, because the lead women felt like they were trying to copy old tropes. Jennifer Tilly's whispery sex kitten is almost a parody of the 50s sex kittens she's aping. Gina Gershon is like someone playing a butch lesbian building super whose never met any of those things.
Compare these two with Joe Pantoliano as Tilly's sketchy boyfriend. He's also playing an old trope, but with him it feels like he's tossed on an old, comfortable suit while the women seem like they're wearing ill-fitting costumes they bought at the budget Halloween store.
The movie aims to be sexy, but it's a weird theoretical sexiness that makes the love scenes drag.
I watched for a bit until there was a scene with some blood and I'd hear this had some Tarantino-ish violence in it and since I was already bored I figured why be disgusted as well. So I ejected before the plot really got going.
Maybe it gets better, but the cartoony lead performances make me skeptical.
But I got bored early on, because the lead women felt like they were trying to copy old tropes. Jennifer Tilly's whispery sex kitten is almost a parody of the 50s sex kittens she's aping. Gina Gershon is like someone playing a butch lesbian building super whose never met any of those things.
Compare these two with Joe Pantoliano as Tilly's sketchy boyfriend. He's also playing an old trope, but with him it feels like he's tossed on an old, comfortable suit while the women seem like they're wearing ill-fitting costumes they bought at the budget Halloween store.
The movie aims to be sexy, but it's a weird theoretical sexiness that makes the love scenes drag.
I watched for a bit until there was a scene with some blood and I'd hear this had some Tarantino-ish violence in it and since I was already bored I figured why be disgusted as well. So I ejected before the plot really got going.
Maybe it gets better, but the cartoony lead performances make me skeptical.