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Wild Things

1998

John McNaughton

Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards ...

5.4

16,118

Thriller. Mystery Welcome to Blue Bay, Florida, where the opulent mansions of the super rich house scandal, sex and murder. Kelly Van Ryan is a seductive young beauty with an acute sense of entitlement and passion for her sexy guidance counsellor at Blue Bay High. After washing his car at a school fund raiser, she appears at his house wearing a clinging wet t-shirt. The next day, she confesses to her mother (who has a penchant for disposable young men) ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It's like a three-way collision between a softcore sex film, a soap opera and a B-grade noir. I liked it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Leonard Klady Variety	"Sly, torrid and original, pic is certain to shake up an otherwise complacent marketplace (...) The picture is chock-full of surprise and unexpected humor to leaven its thriller trappings"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Empire	"A thriller that is pure schlock - and a guilty pleasure for many people for exactly that reason (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"Twenty years later, 'Wild Things' remains fun, giddy trash (...) It is fantastically naughty fun"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"Maybe the film will keep you amused (...) I found it preposterous."	NEG
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] may not have a single redeeming feature, but it doesn't have a dull moment"	POS
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"There are a few nice twists (...) and the handsome cast clearly enjoys vamping it up in what is essentially a sexed-up, feature-length MTV video (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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