Poison Ivy II: Lily
by Anne Goursaud
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Actor: Alyssa Milano, Belinda Bauer, Camilla Belle, Johnathon Schaech, Xander BerkeleyDirector: Anne Goursaud
Producer: Amy Labowitz
Producer: Catalaine Knell
Producer: Melissa Goddard
Producer: Paul Hertzberg
Producer: Peter Morgan
Producer: Stephen Einhorn
Writer: Chloe King
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-02
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Movie Reviews of Poison Ivy II: Lily
Movie Review: First half: dire. Second half: better
Summary: 2 Stars
Alyssa Milano is one of my favourite actresses, after seeing all seasons of Charmed. She's a natural. So you can pretty much guess why I bought Poison Ivy 2.
You know most of the story from the original movie, and Alyssa basically does nothing apart from look pretty - even in a pair of DUNGAREES she still looks gorgeous. I got a phonecall about 20 minutes in, which made me seriously consider switching it off and watching something else, but I was determined to at least give it a chance. Wish I'd stayed on the phone now!
There's not much depth in the first 40+ minutes of the movie. It's setting up for anyone who hasn't seen the first movie, not that it's repeating the first, but it is incredibly boring. The very, very, very, very, first scene (did I make it clear it was the first scene?), Alyssa appears partially topless and doesn't seem to wear any underwear throughout the rest of the movie.
Basically she moves to a new city after having an illicit relationship with what appears to be her teacher, and is instantly attracted to her male sculptor (think Jason Smith from Sex & The City, and those Absolut Vodka adverts), but is also semi-attracted to her art teacher, who is a total sleaze. She ends up babysitting for her art teacher's daughter (Camilla Belle from Practical Magic) and one thing leads to another. You know the rest.
There's a happy ending tacked onto the end of this, after a pretty shocking incident (which I did not see coming) but it seems worthless after you've sat through the first half of the movie. What should have been done, would have been to scrap the first half and redo it all over. Would have been a better movie for it, because even though the second half is good, it doesn't make up for sitting through the first half. Pretty much watch for Alyssa Milano only. Otherwise steer well clear.
Summary of Poison Ivy II: Lily
Lily the average new girl at school discovers an old diary containing ivys deepest darkest secrets. The more she reads the more she becomes lured into ivys world of seductions and powerplays. Special features: cast and crew biographies filmographies widescreen and standard versions and more. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 09/19/2000 Starring: Alyssa Milano Johnathan Schaech Run time: 214 minutes Rating: R/urAlyssa Milano plays Lily, a Good Girl who moves to LA to attend art school and discovers a secret diary belonging to Ivy, from the previous movie. (That plot point alone should warn you that Poison Ivy 2 bears, at best, a distant resemblance to the original, and more's the pity.) Inspired by Ivy's "philosophy" of pushing all boundaries, Lily decides to explore the dark side of herself, which basically boils down to her chasing after a petulant, self-absorbed sculptor (Johnathon Schaech) and in turn being chased by her leacherous, self-absorbed art teacher. The point of movies like Ivy 2 is to have some fun, a few thrills, and we're done, thank you very much. But the filmmakers felt obliged to lard this thing up with ponderous pretension and Artistic Angst. The result is sort of a cross between Bikini Med School and La Notte, with a happy ending tacked on. Bleh. Milano tries her best to inject a little life and humanity into the proceedings, but it's an uphill climb all the way. --Geof Miller
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