In the Cut

Name: In the Cut
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Romance
Released: October 22, 2003
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Ruffalo, Meg Ryan

2003

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Screen Gems | Release Date: October 22, 2003 | R

Starring: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Ruffalo, Meg Ryan

Summary: In the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As theIn the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As the body count rises, familiar suspects begin to emerge. … Expand

Director: Jane Campion

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 119 min

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Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf

Ryan's performance burns with a rare and passionate veracity. The other half of the delight comes from director Jane Campion, whose sensualist eye and scabrous heart infuse In the Cut with guts and glory. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

The movie has a nasty, creepy edge that never lets up, and the characters are deliberately grating and alienating. This is a thriller that, like some classic noirs, glories in its own mean aura, its casual profanity and grotesque violence. Read full review

Steven Rea

As a thriller, In the Cut, with its red herring characters and plot twists, turns dopey and predictable. As a portrait of a single woman, burned by love and wary of what's in store, Campion's movie has its trenchant, telling passages. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Ultimately never slices things as sharply as it attempts, but it’s definitely a cut above. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A disappointing erotic thriller from director Jane Campion that amounts to an implausible update on "Looking for Mr. Goodbar." Read full review

Joe Morgenstern

A remarkably dislikable film, long on atmosphere -- I admired Dion Beebe's brooding cinematography -- and desperately short on vitality.

Owen Gleiberman

Ryan radiates neither desire nor terror. She's freeze-dried in a world of lifelessly abstract feminine fear, and so is the movie. Read full review

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HoinzaA.

Jun 22, 2006

[***SPOILERS***] The movie's edge seems to lay in the fact that the main female character "knows" unconsciously (until the very end) that the guy she is sleeping might be a killer. The plot is just a context to explore human relationships and the power they have to bring someone out of [***SPOILERS***] The movie's edge seems to lay in the fact that the main female character "knows" unconsciously (until the very end) that the guy she is sleeping might be a killer. The plot is just a context to explore human relationships and the power they have to bring someone out of the slumber and numbness of everyday life.… Expand

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MattP.

Oct 17, 2005

This is an entertaining movie with breathtaking cinematography... if anything, that brings this movie to be worth viewing. I haven't seen many films that have such evocative cinematography.

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Habibiehakim

Aug 21, 2021

In The Cut is one of those movie that there is a very good thing in it, then slowly getting really bad and it just make me don't care anymore.

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JLuis_001

Jan 30, 2022

From the director who is likely to bag the Oscar for best director this year, In The Cut is a disappointing thriller with a feminist angle that is constantly weakened by the lack of a more involving pace and especially by not having a better lead.

In The Cut is a dark and penetrating film,From the director who is likely to bag the Oscar for best director this year, In The Cut is a disappointing thriller with a feminist angle that is constantly weakened by the lack of a more involving pace and especially by not having a better lead.

In The Cut is a dark and penetrating film, certainly more erotic than thrilling, but Meg Ryan was a poor casting choice.
She's unable to sell the character. Her performance doesn't feel natural, but forced. The film is not mediocre, but shallow. A lot of the themes it handles are quite good, but Jane Campion fails to explore them properly.
They are scattered points in the narrative without a more practical coherence.

To see her best thrillers, which I think she did with what she learned in this film, better watch the two seasons of Top of The Lake.… Expand

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