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Name: Wild Things
Released: 1998-3-20
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Bill Murray

Wild Things

R
1h 48m
1998

64%

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In the tony yachting enclave of Blue Bay, Florida, behind the opulent facades of the mansions of the rich lurks a twisted tale of sex, revenge and murder. Upper crust teen temptress Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards) has a crush on her sexy school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon). But she later accuses him of sexual assault, and a similar accusation surfaces from brooding outcast Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell). Soon the scandal has its tentacles wrapped around virtually everyone in town, from influential attorney Tom Baxter (Robert Wagner) to Kelly's mother, frosty family matriarch Sandra Van Ryan (Theresa Russell). Detective Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) eventually uncovers a tabloid-worthy conspiracy marked by a maze of shocking twists, unexpected turns and insidious entanglements.

Director:

John McNaughton

Producer:

Steven A. Jones, Rodney Liber

Writer:

Stephen Peters

Cast:

Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Bill Murray, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Denise Richards

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: Wild Things is a delightfully salacious, flesh-exposed romp that also requires a high degree of love for trash cinema.

Reviews

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Nicholas Bell

A potboiler on class woes, Wild Things is the dark fruit at the end of a neo-noir era in the 1990s, where softcore sensibilities were an acceptable selling point and adult themes embraced.

McNaughton and cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball frequently cut to glimpses of alligators lurking in the Florida swamps, echoing the predatory nature of virtually every main character.

Older noirs often present that failure of hierarchy as a crisis. But in Wild Things, it’s exhilarating.

Lurid, trashy, and shockingly intelligent, Wild Things will surprise you like few films can.

Director John McNaughton's grip is a bawdy mix of suspense, sex and silliness, all served up with a huge tongue sticking in his cheek. It's a foamy mix, topped off by highly charged performances.

February 2, 2023

FULL REVIEW

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Genre:Thriller, Drama
Release Date:March 20, 1998
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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