In the Cut

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In the Cut

R

Released Oct 24, 2003

1h 58m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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An English teacher (Meg Ryan) has an affair with a detective (Mark Ruffalo), though she suspects him of murdering a woman.

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Critics Consensus

Director/co-writer Jane Campion takes a stab at subverting the psycho-sexual thriller genre with In the Cut, but gets tangled in her own abstraction.

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Kathleen Sachs

Chicago Reader

Campion’s In the Cut is a criminally neglected masterpiece...

Dec 27, 2022

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Philippa Snow

New Statesman

In the Cut is masterful in its suggestion of the ambient, omnipresent air of sexual threat that exists in traditional heterosexual dynamics.

Feb 18, 2021

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Joshua Rothkopf

In These Times

Meg Ryan is desperately, unpersuasively naked in Jane Campion's ludicrous erotic thriller...

Mar 16, 2020

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Ray Pride

Newcity

A raw, tactile consideration of the mystery and suspense of touch and want. Her style is gorgeous and discomfiting, with febrile camera moves, warm yet cloacal lighting, gestures in ruby-and-amber haze.

Rated: 10/10

Feb 13, 2025

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Diana Tuova

Loud and Clear Reviews

Campion paired a crime story with her heroine’s transformative, erotically-charged journey of self-discovery, and the result is a luscious drama of much emotional insight...

Rated: 4/5

Nov 12, 2024

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Justine Smith

Vague Visages

In The Cut doesn’t quite bring together all its disparate threads. The film thrives as it tackles the cerebral and contradictory desires of Frannie, but can’t quite wrap up the murder mystery in the story.

Jun 6, 2024

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Alain E

Visually superb with saturated colors in low lighting. The story creates ambiguity about the character played by Mark Ruffalo. Meg Ryan looks lovely and interprets her conflicted persona very well. The movie rewards the patient viewer, but obviously its intended audience is not people who want to see a classic crime movie.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/25

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angela g

I liked this movie it was really good the whodunit story is good the acting is great from meg Ryan Mark r Kevin bacon jenifer Jason league really good movie watch it

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/06/25

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Hurtin F

I used to like Meg Ryan, but I was shocked by her role in this. She plays the dumbest skank I've ever seen.. and having known a few dumb as rocks skanks in my life, not one was as dumb or as skanky as Meg in this stupid movie, to the point that I found her level of stupid skankiness completely unbelievable. Hard pass.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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Tammy D

what a waste of time. low grade soft porn at best. no real storyline. I will never get those minutes back

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Steven t

Really good idea for the movie but it just doesn't work. The look of the.movie is great with a 80s Trinity look and feel. However it just doesn't come together.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/23/24

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Nancy M

I just watched In the Cut. It’s not for everyone. I found Air very disturbing but I kept watching because of Meg Ryan’s performance; her performance is so well done and interesting. Not many actresses could have pulled it off. The plot is interesting on a number of levels.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/24

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Synopsis

An English teacher (Meg Ryan) has an affair with a detective (Mark Ruffalo), though she suspects him of murdering a woman.

Director: Jane Campion
Producer: Laurie Parker, Nicole Kidman
Screenwriter: Jane Campion, Susanna Moore, Susanna Moore
Distributor: Screen Gems
Production Co: Red Turtle, Pathé Productions Inc., Pathé Pictures
Rating: R (Graphic Crime Scenes|Explicit Dialogue|Language|Nudity|Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 24, 2003, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround

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