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  • 2003
  • TV-MA
  • Screen Gems
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2003
  • TV-MA
  • Screen Gems
  • 1 h 59 m

Summary In the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As th...

Written By: Jane Campion, Susanna Moore, Stavros Kazantzidis

  • 2003
  • TV-MA
  • Screen Gems
  • 1 h 59 m
  • 2003
  • TV-MA
  • Screen Gems
  • 1 h 59 m

In the Cut

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary In the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As th...

Written By: Jane Campion, Susanna Moore, Stavros Kazantzidis

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
26% Positive
10 Reviews
50% Mixed
19 Reviews
24% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 38 Critic Reviews
47
26% Positive
10 Reviews
50% Mixed
19 Reviews
24% Negative
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100
If In the Cut falls short of the masterpiece Campion intended, it's unquestionably the most ambitious and important film to come along in months.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
70
The best (which also means the sexiest) Campion feature since "The Piano," featuring Meg Ryan's best performance to date and an impressive one by Mark Ruffalo.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
60
A disjointed, sometimes fascinating mélange of moods, associations and effects.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
50
A disappointing erotic thriller from director Jane Campion that amounts to an implausible update on "Looking for Mr. Goodbar."
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
Campion and company may like to think they've made something provocative, moody and new but it's really just "Looking For Mr. Goodbar" with extra nuts.
By Rick Kisonak FULL REVIEW
37
Campion has made something that's almost unbearably pretentious.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
0
Ryan radiates neither desire nor terror. She's freeze-dried in a world of lifelessly abstract feminine fear, and so is the movie.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
6.7
53% Positive
10 Ratings
37% Mixed
7 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 19 User Ratings
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53% Positive
10 Ratings
37% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Production Company Screen Gems, Pathé, Pathe Productions, Red Turtle
Release Date Oct 22, 2003
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating TV-MA
Genres
Tagline Everything you know about desire is dead wrong.
Website https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/inthecut
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Awards

Australian Cinematographers Society
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Camerimage
• 1 Nomination
Valladolid International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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