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Wild Things [DVD]

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Sadly I expected a sexually charged thriller and was disappointed to find it didn't really deliver. The first half of the story is good as it feels it is building to something – you know things are not as simple as they seem, but what is behind it all. The answer to this question is a let down and, worse still, it sparks a final hour of one twist after another – each being more and more silly than the last. This really spoils it as it isn't clever it just tries to look clever by trying to confuse the audience – the end result is boredom, tiredness and a feeling of really not caring any longer. After a while the twists become obvious – I began to expect the most absurd thing and in most cases it came true. Bacon also had a no nudity clause in his contract but without giving it much thought allowed McNaughton to use the shot that he thought looked best, and a moment of frontal nudity was included in the film. He was surprised by how many questions he got about it at the American press showing, and noted that the European press did not ask about it at all. [16] Filming [ edit ] I was at a point in my career where I needed to do a commercial picture, and that was one of the key reasons I chose the film. I really liked the script, but it was also me asking myself 'What sells? Sex and violence. You want sex and violence? Well, here you go. How much can you take?'"

Total Film Staff (September 1, 2005). "The Total Film Interview: Matt Dillon". Total Film. Archived from the original on October 4, 2019. Howe, Desson (March 20, 1998). " 'WILD THINGS': A HOT PURSUIT". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 27, 2017 . Retrieved December 21, 2020. {{ cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, praising McNaughton's directing and the plot twists. He described it as "lurid trash, with a plot so twisted they're still explaining it during the closing titles. It's like a three-way collision between a softcore sex film, a soap opera and a B-grade noir. I liked it." [22] Gene Siskel gave the film a marginal recommendation. [23] Thorburn, John (2010). "John McNaughton's Wild Things: Pop Culture Echoes of Medea in the 1990s" (PDF). In Bartel, Heike (ed.). Unbinding Medea. New York: Routledge. pp.113–123. ISBN 978-0-367-60361-8. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2022. Clark, Jason. "Wild Things". Allmovie. Wild Things can honestly be called one of the '90s true neo-noirsThe sexy stuff is good however but if you want that then why not just rent a soft porn title instead? The girl-girl stuff and the nudity simply isn't enough reason to watch this although I admit that Richards is gorgeous and it is quite pleasant to see her and Campbell get it on. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film in a standard DVD edition, followed by an extended edition featuring the unrated cut of the film in 2004. [31] The unrated cut was subsequently released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on Blu-ray in 2007. [32] In May 2022, Arrow Films released Wild Things in a limited 4K UHD Blu-ray edition featuring both the theatrical and extended unrated cuts of the film. [33] Legacy [ edit ] Janet Maslin of The New York Times praised Campbell & Richard's performances, and also McNaughton's direction for adding "a decadent gloss to this far-fetched, quintuple-crossing tale", although she criticized the plot as being "loony". [24] Robert Downey Jr. was the first choice for the role of Sam Lombardo, which ultimately went to Matt Dillon. Downey was considered because of his highly publicized drug problems, and although he was in recovery he was seen as too great an insurance risk. Producer Rodney Liber said "we couldn't make it work," and the production company even offered to put up some of the money but "There were just too many lawyers and insurance people and bond-company people involved." [12] Boyar, Jay (March 20, 1998). "Twisty 'Wild Things' Just Misses Its Mark". Orlando Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021.

In a retrospective on the film celebrating its twentieth anniversary, Entertainment Weekly writer Chris Nashawaty noted that Wild Things marked a peak in lurid sex-themed thriller films in the late-1990s, summarizing: "As a rule, movies like Wild Things fight an uphill battle with critics who would want to seem above titillation. But this was one of those rare films whose underlying smarts couldn't be denied." [9] Filming in the Everglades proved difficult due to severe weather conditions. A tornado almost crushed a couple of trailers. McNaughton said production had to be halted and the police called when a real dead body floated into view. [12] [17] Release [ edit ] Box office [ edit ] Kem Nunn was appointed to perform some rewrites of Peters's original version. [8] McNaughton commented that Peters's original draft "is brilliant on plot and we didn't change any of it, but I felt Kem Nunn was stronger on texture and character and place. The producer, Peter Guber, sent us off to Florida, where none of us had spent much time and we spent ten days there getting shepherded around to places and meeting people who were like people in the story. When I read the script I thought As crazy as it is, I do believe it could happen in the world that we live in. Once I believe that a story can happen in the real world, then I know how to direct it." [8] Total Film Staff (March 1, 2005). "The Total Film Interview: Kevin Bacon". Total Film. Archived from the original on August 24, 2019. One of the standout features of Wild Things was that in spite of having an obvious emphasis on the eye-candy content, it also contained enough to keep the other areas of the mind stimulated. In addition to a cast that was very pleasant to look at, doing some things that were equally pleasing to the eye, it had a credible plot that read like an everyday event in parts of America. Most importantly, however, the original Wild Things wasn't afraid to recognise that adults have a right to be entertained, too.

Szadkowski, Joseph (May 25, 2022). " 'Wild Things: Limited Edition' 4K Ultra HD movie review". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. John McNaughton said Denise Richards' first audition was good but her much improved second audition convinced them to cast her. [13] Richards' lawyer negotiated a detailed contract about how much nudity would be filmed, including the option to use a body double. Richards did not use a double and filmed the scene herself after drinking a pitcher of margaritas with Neve Campbell. [9] [14] Campbell's contract had a strict no-nudity clause. [9] Campbell took on the role wanting to challenge herself, to do something different from her Party of Five character, and to avoid being typecast. [15] Hirshleifer, Daniel (July 7, 2007). "Wild Things". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022 . Retrieved May 27, 2022. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) George S. Clinton was nominated for Best Music at 25th Saturn Awards, but lost to John Carpenter for Vampires, another film from Columbia Pictures. [ citation needed]

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