Stars: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon

Director: Jane Campion

Summary: Based on the novel by Susanna Moore, this is the story of Frannie Avery, an English teacher who is witness to an incident involving a suspected murderer. She is questioned by a detective about the events and they are immediately attracted to each other...

The acclaimed New Zealand director Jane Campion (THE PIANO) here turns her unusual artistic eye toward the urban erotic thriller genre. Based on the novel by Susanna Moore, IN THE CUT tells the story of Frannie (Meg Ryan) an English teacher living in Manhattan's East Village who finds herself mixed up in a homicide investigation after a severed head turns up in her garden. Jennifer Jason Leigh is her sexually unhinged half-sister and Mark Ruffalo plays a homicide detective on the case who falls into bed with Frannie after she's attacked on the Lower East Side. Suspects include her stalker ex-lover (Kevin Bacon) and a troubled student (Sharrieff Pugh) who's obsessed with serial killer John Wayne Gacy. As the body count rises however, Frannie realises that the prime suspect just may be the very cop in her bed.
If this all sounds like a by-the-numbers sex crime thriller don't worry; Campion twists the genre towards her own ends, adding multi-layered focus, deeply saturated colours, a dream-like mood and copious amounts of feminist allegorical symbolism. Meg Ryan fans should be shocked by her performance here (replete with several nude scenes), which is a major departure from her usual cute characterisations. Nicole Kidman, who starred in Campion's PORTRAIT OF A LADY served as producer. Fans of that film, and Campion's work in general, should enjoy the perverse psychosexual theatrics on display in this grim urban fairy tale.

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Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary By Director Jane Campion And Producer Laurie Parker, Deleted Scenes, Making Of Featurette, US Theatrical Trailer, UK Theatrical Trailer
Year:	2003
Release Date:	March 1, 2004
Runtime:	112 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	P 9136 D V D
Keywords:	General, Cut, Wide, Screen, Thriller
Genre:	Thriller