The Last Seduction

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The Last Seduction

R

1994

1h 50m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

Romance

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Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.

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Critics Consensus

Like Body Heat, The Last Seduction updates film noir techniques for a modern era, imbuing this erotic film with '90s snark.

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Joshua Katzman

Chicago Reader

While The Last Seduction isn’t anywhere near the complex and disturbing masterpiece that Chinatown is, it does contain more social commentary than has generally been ascribed to it.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 6, 2022

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

The movie is a spirited attempt at modern film noir, and huge parts of it are enjoyable.

Feb 12, 2008

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

What Sharon Stone did for the ice pick, Linda Fiorentino does for the ice princess.

Feb 12, 2008

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Elissa Suh

Moviepudding (Substack)

Pulling him into her orbit, she spills a wickedness onto entire canvas, leaving us with no choice but to lay in thrall of her swaggering competence. May we never never cross paths.

May 22, 2023

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Imran Khan

PopMatters

Linda Fiorentino pulls out all the stops and delivers a tour-de-force performance in John Dahl's gripping neo-noir, The Last Seduction, a film full of blue moods, dark humour, and hairpin turns.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 11, 2019

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Lesley Thornton

Independent on Sunday

Linda Fiorentino...gives a wisecracking, ball-breaking, riveting performance in John Dahl's The Last Seduction.

Jan 18, 2019

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Simon T

If Linda Fiorentino wasn't such a cracking actress, it would be a real challenge to stay the course with this amoral femme uberfatale as she plots and schemes. Fortunately she is, and John Dahl's neo-noir is a hoot, negotiating the serpentine plot with wit and speed, and flavouring the darkest moments with a mordant humour. Joseph Vitarelli's terrific jazz score is the cherry on the cake.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Glen H

A modern classic that's only dated by its "erotic" elements. Florentino and the cast are pitch perfect. But Dahl is the driving force behind this and all his other excellent neo-noirs. I just wish the ending felt a bit more believable. This is where Dahl's films tend to lose a bit of steam, where the believability of the character motivations take a bit of a stretch for the sake of the noir-driven conclusion. But all in all, right up there as a modern classic.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/29/25

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Horror fan 4

An excellent erotic thriller. Linda Florentino gives a great performance. Tim Treakle

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/07/25

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Fernando D

Very good until the last moment where the director throw to trash everything.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/28/25

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Audience Member

Weak male acting with almost every character (especially Pullman) making nonsensical acting choices to try to put some flesh on the bones of very weakly written characters. It didn’t work for me. No chemistry at all between the leads. Linda Fiorentino is beautiful and fairly talented actress and the best thing in this film, but that’s not saying much. Too one-note and about a hundred and ten too many tough gal smart ass responses. Lauren could pull that kind of thing off, but that’s because she was working with fantastic directors. I didn’t know why anybody was doing what they were doing in this film other than the main set up. It started really boring me at about the one hour mark.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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Arya S

It's a fun noir romp worth the watch, but the annoyingly upbeat soundtrack makes this a noir-light rather than the darker mystery it could have been. Younger generation will have enjoy dissecting the dated tech aspects.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/28/24

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Synopsis

Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to Chicago, where she ensnares her next conquest, insurance man Mike Swale (Peter Berg). After getting a job at his insurance company, Bridget convinces Mike to run a scam -- but things take a deadly turn when she recruits him to help get rid of her husband.

Director: John Dahl
Producer: Jonathan Shestack
Screenwriter: Steve Barancik
Distributor: October Films
Production Co: Incorporated Television Company
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 26, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo, Ultra-Stereo

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