In the Cut (Rated): Amazon.ca: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Micheal Nuccio, Allison Nega, Dominick Aries, Susan Gardner, Sharrieff Pugh, Nick Damici, Heather Litteer, Daniel T. Booth, Yaani King, Jane Campion, Effie Brown, Fran�ois Ivernel, Laurie Parker, Nicole Kidman, Stavros Kazantzidis, Susanna Moore: DVD

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Acclamée comme une des plus grandes réalisatrices contemporaines (elle est d’ailleurs la seule femme a avoir obtenu une palme d’or, pour The Piano en 1993), la néo-zélandaise Jane Campion s’attaque au cinéma de genre avec son thriller érotique In the cut.

Frannie Avery est professeure d’anglais à New York. Introvertie, elle préfère le fantasme à la réalité, jusqu’à ce qu’elle rencontre le détective Malloy, chargé de résoudre un crime commis non loin de chez elle. En jouant le froid et le chaud avec elle, il réveillera ses instincts les plus secrets, tandis que les meurtres s’accumulent.

À la barre de In the cut, trois femmes. Jane Campion à la réalisation, Nicole Kidman à la production et Meg Ryan, très à l’aise, loin de ses habituels rôles romantiques, à l’interprétation. Scrutant à la loupe le désir féminin, leur film se charge rapidement d’un piment érotique le rendant tout à fait particulier. Un beau travail d’éclairage ainsi qu’une caméra affirmant un mouvement à la fois gracieux et saccadé, distillent une ambiance mi-sensuelle, mi-angoissante. Malgré un récit traînant parfois en longueur et des personnages secondaires moins étoffés, In the cut a le mérite de renouveler les règles du suspense en le rendant délicieusement pervers. – Helen Faradji.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Hated the book, July 21 2004

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AlianK "swirlygurl" (Fullerton, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In the Cut (Uncut Director's Edition) (DVD)

Because I hated the book, I was curious to see how they would make it into a film. Then I learned Jane Campion was directing, and was intrigued. Halfway through, I still wasn't impressed, but I waited. There is a quiet beauty to the film. The way Campion captures small details, like the way the protagonist would see them. I think it would have been horrible if it was completely true to the book. The additions are what make this film. The poetry in the subway. The garden outside her window. Meg Ryan playing against type. Mark Ruffalo is wonderful in his role, not giving the end away. And I loved the ending. I felt unresolved at the end of the book, and this ending made me happy.
This movie is not for everyone. There is a lot of gore, and violence, and sex, but I think it was done well. But, I think attention was payed to the important things in the character's life. In some ways, I like it more every time I see it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Shall We Have To Profile Cops To Trust Them?, Oct 23 2006

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Jacques COULARDEAU "A soul doctor, so to say" (OLLIERGUES France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Cut (Rated) (DVD)

A good thriller but lacking the police expertise we expect from thrillers today. It all hinges on one detail that the main woman knows and does not communicate to the main cop : a tattoo that this main cop wears. She is of course right to believe this is a detail that identifies the killer, but she is wrong because there is nothing more or less common than one particular tattoo. And she causes at least one death and puts herself in jeopardy. The rhythm of the film is intense and intensely punctuated with sex, or sexually explicit scenes, though they remain tamed in spite of this explicitness. The point is to know why she makes this mistake of not telling the cop the element that identifies the killer. Because she thinks that particular cop is the criminal ? That's too simple. In fact there is in her the common reaction that leads most people to not telling the cops what they know because they do not trust them, what's more if there is something ambiguous about one particular cop. But that has to be still a lot more deeper with this particular girl. She is typical of a mature woman in one big city like New York : to be autonomous and independent from men, not to be afraid of anything, particularly danger, etc. In a word to keep one's business to oneself, one's thoughts secret and one's doubts or suspicion unrevealed. This kind of internalized feeling and attitude of independence and freedom can become extremely dangerous, particularly for women, and that is the message of the film. Luckily she had the gun of her cop-friend at the right minute and time. But besides this warning to women, the police work of the film is reduced to little because of this coyness that blocks any kind of standard police investigation : it is true that if the cop had known that little detail the case would have been closed in about two quarters of one hour, i.e. in ten minutes on the screen.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University of Paris Dauphine & University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne

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1.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Meg, Horrible movie., July 19 2004

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Jose Javier Diaz Chilian (Naucalpan, Edomex Mexico) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In the Cut (Uncut Director's Edition) (DVD)

This is an example of a less than mediocre detective's movie. The characters are phony, the dialogues false, come on, an english teacher does not speak like that, and her would be lover wouldn't speak like that either. Neverteless Meg Ryan's character is a visual attraction in this movie. Terrible plot and terrible direction.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Put me to sleep
This movie was so dark and slow moving, that I feel asleep watching it.

Published on July 4 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing
I only got this film because I am a Meg Ryan fan. I really didn't even know what it was about. The first time I watched it I was shocked to see Meg Ryan in this role. Read more

Published on Jun 19 2004