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

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Empire Magazine Rated: 3/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Adam Nayman eye WEEKLY A movie as glossily silly -- and guiltily pleasurable -- as a waiting-room fashion magazine. Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 19, 2002 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader I found myself capitulating to its inspired formalist madness -- something I've resisted in [De Palma's] films for the past 30-odd years. Rated: 3/4 Nov 15, 2002 Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) 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. Aug 1, 2023 Full Review A.S. Hamrah n+1 De Palma brings a lifetime's contemplation of cinematic trickery to this, his most abstract and satisfying thriller. Nov 29, 2018 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com Flies completely off of the rails, morphing from tantalizing trash to nowhere nonsense. Rated: 2/4 Jan 29, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Alec B 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. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/13/23 Full Review Pragya Kirti R DePalma mounts the film with sheer mystery, suave twist n turns and utter sexiness. His ability to present each frame with such uncertainty and creative style is really commendable. It's a masterful work in illustrious cinematography and tempting visuals. DePalma gets a point for this, He holds his Trump till the very scene and then he shows it to you by telling that it wasn't his last card. That's a top notch work in creating shocking thrill. Rebecca O'Connell is fire in and as the femme fatale, She literally controls you through her honey trap moves and tricks throughout the film. She really nails it. Theme is quite good and thoughtful, It's executed in a catchy visual style. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/20/23 Full Review Carlos I 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A miserable watch. The pathetic soap opera ( Dallas ( twist at the end , sums up the wretchedness of the script. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member the plot is also nice but the film is boring at times Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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)