In the Cut

Screen Gems | Release Date: October 22, 2003

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 27 Ratings

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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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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 [***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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JLuis_001Jan 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 betterFrom 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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HabibiehakimAug 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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