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In Crowd, The
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In Crowd, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 14 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
2.5 out of 10
based on 16 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for violence, sexuality, language and drug content

Starring Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, and Matthew Settle

While working at a country club, a young woman is brought into a small group of wealthy college students. She begins dating a tennis pro, who happens to be the boyfriend of the girl who brought her into the group, and she then sees the darker side of their lifestyle.


GENRE(S): Suspense/Thriller  
WRITTEN BY: Mark Gibson
Philip Halprin
 
DIRECTED BY: Mary Lambert  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: November 28, 2000 
Video: November 28, 2000 
Theatrical: July 19, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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63
Boston Globe Jay Carr
The moral universe remains unsullied in this lite, lo-cal thriller - the cinematic equivalent of a fizzy summer drink.
50
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The greatest mystery, though, is how this thoroughly trashy picture wound up opening theatrically, rather than going direct to video.
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50
TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin
A teen screamer with enough implants for the boys and enough bitchiness for the girls.
25
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
A glossy piece of trash.
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25
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Isn't a movie, it's Gorgonzola, a crumbly summertime stinker veined with pop-cultural fungus.
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25
Chicago Tribune Vicky Edwards
Insipid, ineffective, inept and insulting to our intelligence.
25
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A laughably bad B-thriller.
20
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
This is sub-par Aaron Spelling sludge all the way.
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10
The New York Times A.O. Scott
The only people who could be surprised at this movie will be those who wandered into the wrong multiplex theater by mistake.
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10
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Formula thriller that exploits homosexuality better than murder-mystery clues.
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10
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Trite and uninvolving.
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10
Variety Godfrey Cheshire
Murky, unappealing The In Crowd is a femme-centered melodrama that makes an awkward stretch into thriller territory.
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10
Film.com Moira Macdonald
Silly teen thriller.
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0
Austin Chronicle Kimberely Jones
The In Crowd is nothing but a deadly dull business.
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0
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Summer's most shameless piece of trash since "Wild Things."
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0
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Lifeless, desultory slog.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 2.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Susan W. gave it a 6:
Too far-fetched for its own good.

Paul J. gave it a 0:
Susan Ward could have a great career ahead of her as the 21st Century's Shannon Tweed, but this flick is as boring as hell.

Andie M. gave it a 0:
Dire! Nude model Susan Ward attempts to make her first non-soap opera acting appearance but doesn't - act that is. The script and plot sound like they were made up on the spot by the (hopefully - it's the only way to explain acting this bad) coked up actors, and several scenes shot in almost complete darkness, or framed so the actors' heads are cut off, actually improves things. If you have to watch this sub soft porn cable trash, at least rent the uncut edition so you at least get to see some actual soft porn.

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