- Studio: Columbia Pictures
- Release Date: Mar 20, 1998
- Starring: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell
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Summary:
A mystery of deceit, sex and greed as unpredictable as a hungry gator, this is the swamp-steamy thriller about two high school students, the guidance counselor they accuse of rape and the detective who knows there's more to the story. (Sony)
- Director: John McNaughton
- Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 20
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Mixed: 6 out of 20
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Negative: 5 out of 20
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80One reason Wild Things works so well is that director John McNaughton sustains a darkly comic tone throughout the film without letting it degenerate into farce.
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The movie has more twists than Chubby Checker, and as soon as you think Stephen Peters' script has used up every conceivable opportunity, it twists again.
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60A sleazy, seamy, flashy, steamy, vulgar exploitation thriller that revels in every minute of its own trashiness and delivers some pretty solid -- if prurient -- entertainment before strangling in a one-twist-too-many ending.
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38This is film noir for the MTV generation: fast-paced, slick, flashy, gleefully mindless, and hollow to the core.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 1 out of 8
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