The Turning

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Jacob B Dec 29 We all know why we're here. To see Gillian Anderson in her acting debut, despite only having two scenes that don't affect the plot. Not that that stopped advertisers from hyping up the X-Files connection despite having jack squat to do with the IP. And her big scene is a rather tame sex scene so there's no point in watching the film just for Scully getting busy (plus I have too much respect for Anderson as an actress to get turned on by her, despite acknowledging that she does look cute). And out of place too, since an erotic thriller, this ain't. Was nice to see her, with a cutesy Southern drawl. The rest of the movie is a snoozefest with a melodramatic tone, an obnoxious score and an out-of-place sense of vagueness that makes this feel like a bad episode of Twin Peaks. The Turning is based off of a play so that explains certain artistic choices but, once again, the rest of the film is not worth enduring for pre-FBI Scully. Just watch her two scenes on YouTube and call it a day. See more 01/03/2018 Made before Gillian Anderson rose to fame as Agent Scully and released with much fanfare due to a small role as the love interest. Gillian Anderson is in the movie only for a brief sex scene. Nothing for her to be ashamed about and she looks ravishing as always. The film is pretty poor and seems a made for TV drama. A star for Gillian Anderson. See more 11/10/2013 The Turning (L. A. Puopolo, 1992) [originally posted 6Nov2000] If you've actually made the effort to seek out this film, you did so for one reason and one reason only. And nothing I can say will sway you from renting it. But I'll try anyway. This film, the acting debut of Gillian Anderson, is well-known among connoisseurs as containing Ms. Anderson's only semi-nude scene. Hate to spoil your fun, but the stills you've seen online are digitally-enhanced. And everything you've heard about how awful the movie is, aside from the thirty seconds or so in question, is completely true. Clifford Harnish, a white separatist Marine (Michael Dolan, a character actor who often plays military types, most recently in TNT's original film The Hunley), comes home after spending four years away. His girlfriend (Anderson) is working as a waitress for her father (who never liked Clifford in the first place, and likes him less so now), his parents (Raymond Barry, who plays Senator Matheson in The X-Files, and Tess Harper, who has a penchant for playing "leading man's wife" in various films) have broken up, and dad is dating the local chanteuse, Glory Lawson (Karen Allen). Everything is predictable; everything is glacial; everyone manages to turn in the worst roles of their careers (and everyone except Anderson had already turned in pretty long careers by this time). Please, for god's sake, avoid this film like the plague. By far the worst thing I've seen this year. (zero stars, of course) See more 10/10/2006 What a nasty and depressing little film. There is not very much pleasant about it. Slow moving. However, it is rather well acted. Michael Dolan is irritating. It can be difficult to watch. A faster pace would have been helpful. See more Read all reviews

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