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In Crowd, The

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In Crowd, The reviews
14
2.5 User Score:

Overwhelming dislike

Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 4 votes
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Suspense/Thriller

Written by: Mark Gibson
Philip Halprin

Directed by: Mary Lambert

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 19, 2000
DVD: November 28, 2000

Running Time: 108 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

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.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

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

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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