The Last Seduction
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Movie Reviews of The Last Seduction
Movie Review: Classic movie, not so classy presentation weak DVD needs to be remaster 5 star film, 2 star DVD presentation
Summary: 5 Stars
John Dahl's "The Last Seduction" captures the flavor of film noir perfectly. Bridgett (Linda Fiorentino)seems to have it all; she's beautiful, bright but married to a dead end job and a dead beat wannabe doctor Clay (Bill Pullman). Clay's pulled the ultimate drug deal; he's illegally purchased medications with cocaine in them and sold them to drug dealers on the street. To do this he borrowed $100,000 from a loan shark. With the profits, he plans on living in high style with his wife. Bridget has other plans. After a fight, she steals the money with the intention of keeping it all for herself. She disappears in a small town hoping to hold on to the money until her attorney (J. T. Walsh)can complete her divorce. Changing her name, she takes a job at an insurance company. She meets Mike Swale (Peter Berg)in a local bar. He's infatuated with her from the moment he meets her. "Wendy" as she's now called has plans for him and her ex that will allow her to keep all the money for herself.
A direct descendant of "Double Indemnity" (Bridget gives her name as "Mrs. Neff" at one point a tip of the hat to the classic movie and book)and other noir thrillers, "The Last Seduction" got dumped on cable but when the distributor realized it had such a great movie they released it to theaters. Widely lauded for her role, Linda Fiorentino could have scored an Oscar nomination--if not for the fact that HBO showed this before it was released to theaters. Bill Pullman turns in a twisted performance as Clay playing with the audience expectations created by his appearence in other movies as the good guy. He gives a great performance. There's hardly a weak performance in the film and Dahl's direction is so sure handed you'd imagine this was his tenth or twentieth film not one of his first. The late great J.T. Walsh brings the oily lawyer Frank Griffith to life in a great supporting turn.
That was the good news. The bad is that this great movie has been given a basic DVD presentation and, what's worse, it doesn't look all that great. There's a number of compression artifacts. While this states that it's in the original format, it looks to me like the image was blown up from a widescreen presentation as the image looks lousy. There's no extras at all. That's too bad as this film (like "Red Rock West") deserves a commentary track from Dahl as its one of his most accomplished films. At the very least, we should have gotten a documentary on the film and why it got dumped on cable and how the film was discovered by filmgoers.
5 Stars for the movie, 2 stars for the lousy presentation by Artisan (and the lousy transfer). It's unfortunate that Lion's Gate (which distributes this) chose not to provide the package and picture quality this film deserved.
Movie Review: Is that a suspicion? Where's the proof?
Summary: 5 Stars
I've just watched "The Last Seduction" for the first time, and I have to admit the film languished in my "Cart--Save For Later" for ages before I finally pushed it up into the checkout section. I hesitated for two reasons. One was the reviews which frequently mentioned "plot holes." Do reviewers just suspect there are plot holes, then feel compelled to make the accusation without any firm evidence to back it up? I have seen a couple of reviews for other films where plot holes are specifically addressed, but it's very rare. There may be plot holes in "The Last Seduction," but I didn't notice them. And when Fiorentino's character (Bridget) burns a piece of evidence at the film's end, it certainly makes a case that the writers were not slack with the details. The other point that made me hesitate was the full screen treatment, and claims of a poor quality film transfer. I'm a widescreen viewer, but please do not let this full screen treatment discourage you. As for the quality of the film, it's a bit grainy, but I felt that actually gave the movie more of a gritty "film noir" look. There may have been two or three fleeting artifacts, but I've seen as many on many films praised for their image quality. I didn't notice any compression problems at all, and the sound quality was consistently good. So, if you're hesitating, as I was, let me nudge you to the checkout counter. This is an excellent movie. Linda Fiorentino is deliciously evil; the storyline is solid and compelling. Make space on your DVD shelf for this one!Movie Review: Fascinating Film Noir
Summary: 5 Stars
How do you know a movie is good? Maybe when you can't forget it 10 years after seeing it. Wow - Fiorentino truly is the queen of film noir bitches, a tough and self-serving seductress who is as fascinating as a snake coiled to strike. Watching this in the theater, I enjoyed the ride from beginning to end without ever liking or sympathizing with the star. I just liked watching her connive, manipulate and dominate her way to succcess. As a woman, I wondered if many men would like this film, since Fiorentino is intensely intimidating and female without being conventionally feminine. So far, I've found that younger men seem to like the movie while many older men don't like it. Most of the women I know, including Mom, like it. I think that's because we get a charge out of the oddity of seeing a woman of such power and certainty -- even though she uses those strengths for evil. This is a must-see for anybody who likes film noir.Movie Review: Linda Fiorentino is the ultimate b***h goddess!
Summary: 5 Stars
Linda Fiorentino gives the performance of her career in "The Last Seduction" playing Bridget Gregory, who is the most ruthless, callous, mean, greedy and fascinating woman possibly ever seen on screen. In the beginning of the film, Bridget gets her doctor husband (Bill Pullman) to make a pharmaceautical drug deal for almost a million dollars, after which she takes off with the cash leaving her husband pennilness. Then she temporarily locates to a small town, where she begins to manipulate a pathetic smalltown buffoon (Peter Berg, who she also treats as a human vibrator) into killing her husband. Linda Fiorentino is just such a blast playing Bridget that instead of hating her, you root for her. As rotten to the core as she is, you cheer as she constantly manipulates and destroys the hapless men around her, and emerges victorious. This movie is great to watch whenever you're in a bad mood ... it always cheers me up.Movie Review: Great, great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Perhaps I love this movie so much simply beacuse I just now happened upon it. I hadn't heard of it, and now I see that it came out in 2002. Wow, where was I?
This is one twisted chick in one twisted film. The thing that obviously attracts us to the female character is her beauty, and brains. No one could be this evil and still have men chasing her without "something." And the "something" is that she's sexy as can be--a real knock-out.
The scene in the bar where she checks out Berg's equipment under the table can't be beat. A sort of outdoing of "Sally Met Harry" for 2002. Berg plays it cool, and the great "secret" of his life is finally revealed toward the end of the movie.
If you enjoy movies where you don't know how things are going to turn out, check out THE LAST SEDUCTION as it will fill all your needs.