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In the Cut (2003) -- 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...

Overview

User Rating:
5.2/10   10,351 votes
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Director:
Jane Campion
Writers:
Jane Campion (screenplay) &
Susanna Moore (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
User Comments:
Hauntingly, eerily bad more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality including explicit dialogue, nudity, graphic crime scenes and language.
Runtime:
119 min | Canada:113 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Australia | USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

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Trivia:
Jane Campion had tried to direct the film ever since the book was published in 1996. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: There is a typo in the credits - "transportation" is spelt "tranportation" (missing the "s"). more
Quotes:
Pauline: You oughta go... just for the exercise you should go! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Game K N B: (2007-03-03)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Waiting in Vain more

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20 out of 35 people found the following comment useful:-
Hauntingly, eerily bad, 12 May 2004
3/10
Author: emblade from Kansas City, MO

Meg Ryan and Jennifer Jason Leigh look like real people in this movie. That and the symbolism are about the only things that work in this movie.

I haven't read the book, but I have a feeling this is one of those cases where the book was much better than the movie. Sorry to see Meg, Jennifer, and Kevin Bacon signed on for this.

The problems are simple and easily fixed. First, when you set up a film, it's a make-believe world. That doesn't mean that the characters get to do whatever they want, though. They have to have some sort of behavioral logic to their actions. Jennifer Jason Leigh's character goes just a mite too far to be believable in that "I know I'm a psycho stalker, but I can't help it" schtick, Meg Ryan makes several illogical moves that make the viewer think, "I know no one who would do that," and the Kevin Bacon thing just throws the whole movie for a loop for no apparent reason, as nothing seems to be resolved in that subplot.

Meg Ryan paints a beautiful emotional landscape (which is often difficult for romantic comedy actresses to do) but sadly, the rest of the film and even her own character's actions fail to live up to this emotionally believable performance.

3/10, partially for how many times we've seen this plot in movies before. Come up with something more original please.

See Se7en, Don't Say a Word, or Sleeping With the Enemy if you want better.

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