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Femme Fatale

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Laure (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), a member of a crime ring, lifts an extravagant set of jewels from a model at a red carpet event. But instead of splitting the loot with her partners, Laure flees. While running from the crooks she betrayed, she comes across Lily (also Romijn-Stamos), a woman nearly identical to herself. When Lily kills herself, Laure assumes her identity and starts life anew. But paparazzo Nicolas (Antonio Banderas) has been tracking her, and may reveal all her dark secrets.
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Critics Consensus

The thriller Femme Fatale is overheated, nonsensical, and silly.

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Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY 11/19/2002
3.5/5
A movie as glossily silly -- and guiltily pleasurable -- as a waiting-room fashion magazine. Go to Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 11/15/2002
3/4
I found myself capitulating to its inspired formalist madness -- something I've resisted in [De Palma's] films for the past 30-odd years. Go to Full Review Richard Roeper Ebert & Roeper 11/11/2002
A wonderful ride. Go to Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) 08/01/2023
Instead of trying to master visual pleasure with narrative, Femme Fatale revels in the way the femme fatale releases the film from sequence, logic, and ultimately even from misogyny. Go to Full Review A.S. Hamrah n+1 11/29/2018
De Palma brings a lifetime's contemplation of cinematic trickery to this, his most abstract and satisfying thriller. Go to Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/29/2009
2/4
Flies completely off of the rails, morphing from tantalizing trash to nowhere nonsense. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Rami A Oct 5 I was surprised to see De Palma reuse old filming techniques and camera work, similar to when he directed Carrie (1976). Besides the technical stuff, this movie is a lot of fun to watch. I found myself quite hooked throughout this experience. See more Alec B 10/13/2023 Hard to say if this is De Palma's best movie but this might be the most De Palma movie in his ouvre. A kaleidoscope of heists, double crosses, voyeurism, outrageous twists, and indulgent style. See more Carlos I 02/25/2023 I don't know if it's Rebecca Romijn that just leaves the flat taste, but I couldn't connect to this attempt at a steamy thriller. It's odd, because it has a lot of the elements to make a great film noir, but most of it just feels like DePalma on autopilot. See more 06/17/2022 If you like De Palma's style then watch it, of you don't then don't, though even by his standard it is very very silly See more 09/23/2021 A miserable watch. The pathetic soap opera ( Dallas ( twist at the end , sums up the wretchedness of the script. See more 06/04/2021 the plot is also nice but the film is boring at times See more Read all reviews
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Brian De Palma

Director

Rebecca Romijn

Laure

Antonio Banderas

Nicolas Bardo

Peter Coyote

Watts

Eriq Ebouaney

Black Tie

Édouard Montoute

Racine

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Synopsis Laure (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), a member of a crime ring, lifts an extravagant set of jewels from a model at a red carpet event. But instead of splitting the loot with her partners, Laure flees. While running from the crooks she betrayed, she comes across Lily (also Romijn-Stamos), a woman nearly identical to herself. When Lily kills herself, Laure assumes her identity and starts life anew. But paparazzo Nicolas (Antonio Banderas) has been tracking her, and may reveal all her dark secrets.
Director
Brian De Palma
Producer
Tarak Ben Ammar, Marina Gefter
Screenwriter
Brian De Palma
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Quinta Communications
Rating
R (Strong Sexuality|Language|Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 1, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.6M
Runtime
1h 50m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, SDDS, DTS, Surround, Dolby Digital, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)