rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1998
Directed by John McNaughton; produced by Steven A. Jones, Rodney Liber; screenplay by Stephen Peters
Starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Bill Murray, Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
Here is a movie that twist and twists and the less you take it seriously the
more fun you will have. Movies that have one twist after another that take
themselves too seriously, like 'Reindeer Games' are often terrible, but
'Wild Things' finds the right note. The only thing that really bothered me
was the annoying soundtrack. The first couple of minutes it is not that bad,
but after that we have heard the 'mysterious' tone.
The story is hard to make clear without spoiling too much of the fun, but we
can start with Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon) a school teacher who is liked by
many, including his students. We meet a couple of them, including Kelly
(Denise Richards) and Suzie (Neve Campbell), who do not seem to like each
other very much. Then both of them, Kelly first, accuse Sam of raping them.
Police officer Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) is put on the case, Kenneth Bowden
(Bill Murray) becomes Sam's attorney. In court we have the first twist:
Suzie admits Sam never did anything to either of the girls.
Like I said, this is the first twist and only the beginning from where this
movie goes further. You can guess what you like, but figuring things out is
close to impossible. During the credits the movie explains itself, making it
a little more plausible, but plausible is not the point here. After the
first half you know this is a silly movie that has great fun in being silly.
If you realize that you probably have great fun too. There are some sexy
scenes that involve at least a couple of the characters, there are some
funny moments, exciting moments, predictable moments, and then again,
nothing is what it seems to be. Silly, but great fun.