Saw Wild Things, a tawdry, sexy, mystery thriller about a guidance counselor and two girls under his care. The movie opens with shots of gators and caiman in the everglades swamp. We then cut to a highschool assembly, laying the groundwork for a film with many predators in it. The film really gets going after about 15 minutes when one of the girls accuses the counselor of raping her. Now, it's relatively clear that she's probably lying just from the tone of the film: 90s movies about actual rape don't bill themselves as a sexy, flirty thriller, but there's many many twists in the film. During the credits sequence, we even get further hole-filling and plot twisting. It's a little ridiculous.
I didn't really think the film was about very much. It was an interesting mystery/procedural in the vein of like Brick or Purple Noon but it becomes almost an SNL parody of itself by the end. There's just a cavalcade of last-minute revelations and secret alliances, it's all a bit much. Very sexy film if you happen to be into boobs (not so much otherwise) and pretty fun until the final silliness.
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