Fresh
The movie is as tawdry as someone else's lingerie, yet not without a certain prurient watchability.
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Wild Things
They're dying to play with you.
1998 · 1h 48m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
John McNaughton
Overview
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
Director and cast
- John McNaughton Director
- Kevin Bacon as Sergeant Ray Duquette
- Matt Dillon as Sam Lombardo
- Denise Richards as Kelly Lanier Van Ryan
- Neve Campbell as Suzie Toller
- Theresa Russell as Sandra Van Ryan
- Bill Murray as Kenneth Bowden
- Daphne Rubin-Vega as Detective Gloria Perez
- Robert Wagner as Tom Baxter
- Carrie Snodgress Cast
- Jeff Perry Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What I'm supposed to find 'satisfying' is predicated on the idea that almost everyone in the world is trash.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Sly, torrid and original, pic is certain to shake up an otherwise complacent marketplace.
Leonard Klady, Variety
Fresh
[It's got] Neve Campbell and Denise Richards making out, all the plot twists and double-crossing of a James Ellroy novel, Neve Campbell and Denise Richards having a catfight in a swimming pool and Bill Murray as a sleazy neck-brace-wearing lawyer.
Tom Nawrocki, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Call it gratuitous annoyance.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
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