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      The Turning

      R 1992 1 hr. 32 min. Drama List
      Reviews 0% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Violence erupts when a disturbed young man returns to his Virginia hometown and tries to prevent his parents' divorce. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member 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) Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Violence erupts when a disturbed young man returns to his Virginia hometown and tries to prevent his parents' divorce.
      Director
      L.A. Puopolo
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English