New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Michael Nuccio
- Frannie's Young Father
- (as Micheal Nuccio)
Allison Nega
- Young Father's Fiancee
- (as Alison Nega)
Yaani King Mondschein
- Frannie's Student
- (as Yaani King)
Zach Wegner
- Frannie's Student
- (as Zack Wegner)
Funda Duval
- Baby Doll Bartender
- (as Funda Duyal)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsWhen Detective Rodriguez splashes Malloy with his water pistol, a girl with a short skirt and red purse hurries by them. Half a minute later, when Malloy enters the car, the same girl walks by again.
- Quotes
Detective Malloy: I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.
- Crazy creditsThank you fabulous Kevin Bacon!!! and "Mayor" Harvey Keitel.
- Alternate versionsThe United Kingdom DVD has deleted scenes as a special feature.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006)
Featured review
intriguing character without thrills
Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan) is a New York City high school English teacher. She is hounded by her ex John Graham. Her half-sister best friend Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) pursues a married man. Frannie meets her student Cornelius Webb at a bar where she becomes entranced by a woman giving oral sex in the back room. Detective Malloy (Mark Ruffalo) interviews her about a body part left outside her window. She fantasizes about Malloy who asks about the incident at the bar. Richard Rodriguez is Malloy's foul-mouthed police partner.
Meg Ryan was trying to play against her romantic type casting. She is at least able to achieve that. Filmmaker Jane Campion delivers a indie-verier erotic thriller although the thrills don't get there. Frannie is a disconnected and fractured character. The movie is able accentuate that concept but it does need more paranoia in order for the thrills to land. The murky weird stuff in her character is great but the movie falls flat overall. The plot simply does not move enough.
Meg Ryan was trying to play against her romantic type casting. She is at least able to achieve that. Filmmaker Jane Campion delivers a indie-verier erotic thriller although the thrills don't get there. Frannie is a disconnected and fractured character. The movie is able accentuate that concept but it does need more paranoia in order for the thrills to land. The murky weird stuff in her character is great but the movie falls flat overall. The plot simply does not move enough.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Vết Cắt
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,750,602
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $97,625
- Oct 26, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $23,726,793
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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