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Director:
Writers:
Jane Campion (screenplay) &
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Release Date:
31 October 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
Everything you know about desire is dead wrong.
Plot:
A New York writing professor, Frannie Avery (Ryan), has an erotic affair with a police detective (Ruffalo) investigating a murder in her neighborhood of a beautiful young woman... full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
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Jane Campion's film has something that makes it worth seeing… more (323 total)

Cast

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Jennifer Jason Leigh ... Pauline

Meg Ryan ... Frannie
Micheal Nuccio ... Frannie's Young Father
Allison Nega ... Young Father's Fiancee (as Alison Nega)
Dominick Aries ... Attentive Husband
Susan Gardner ... Perfect Wife
Sharrieff Pugh ... Cornelius Webb

Nick Damici ... Detective Rodriguez
Heather Litteer ... Angela Sands
Daniel T. Booth ... Red Turtle Bartender

Yaani King ... Frannie's Student

Frank Harts ... Frannie's Student
Sebastian Sozzi ... Frannie's Student

Zach Wegner ... Frannie's Student (as Zack Wegner)

Mark Ruffalo ... Detective Malloy
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality including explicit dialogue, nudity, graphic crime scenes and language.
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119 min | Canada:113 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mark Ruffalo went on undercover assignments with police officers to prepare for his role. more
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Continuity: When Franny and Cornelious are talking in the bar, Franny puts on her glasses. When someone drops a glass on the floor, Franny quickly turns to look and her glasses are gone. When she turns back to Cornelius they are back on. more
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Pauline: You oughta go... just for the exercise you should go! more
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15 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Jane Campion's film has something that makes it worth seeing…, 21 May 2007
7/10

In fact, much of Frannie's allure is that she isn't shy about her body, or even afraid to engage in sexual activity with Detective James Malloy (Mark Ruffalo) in her two room apartment on Washington Square…

In the Red Turtle bar, Frannie (Meg Ryan) inadvertently watched a man, with a tattoo on his wrist, receiving oral gratification from a girl with blue fingernails having diamonds in them…

Soon after, there was a homicide in Frannie's neighborhood… The body of the woman, or part of her body, to be exact, was found in the garden outside her window…The girl who was murdered was Angela Sands with the blue fingernails …

As the psychopath strikes again and again, Frannie embarks on a powerfully physical sexual relationship with Malloy, despite her rising suspicions, later on, that the serial killer in question may very well be the 'good cop' with the 'three of spade' she saw once…

Meg Ryan plays a very interior character living out of her unconscious emotions and actions, seeming always scared of what she wants… Her only passion was poetry… Her former lover Kevin Bacon— mentally unbalanced—thinks he should stick around because he slept with her twice… Bacon maintains a threatening presence throughout the whole picture… Jennifer Jason Leigh— exquisitely sexy— graces the screen as Frannie's half-sister Pauline… In his few scenes with Ryan, Sharrieff Pugh proves to be sweet and charming but also bad and scary…

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