Female Perversions

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Apr 26, 2022 Tilda Swinton in one of her earliest roles directed by Susan Streitfeld The journey of a woman balancing work, sex, insecurity, and stability based on the book by Louise J. Kaplan Evelyn is a lawyer who is soon to become a judge, but her intense focus on her career has resulted in a cold demeanor and passion-filled but ultimately dissatisfying personal life She has a boyfriend (Clancy Brown) and a lover (Karen Sillas) but connects with neither Eve is filled with self-doubt and struggles to find satisfaction while conforming to society's expectations of her as a woman She is troubled by erotic nightmares and flashbacks to the lives of her parents, centering on her unfeeling father and the suspicious death of her mother, Beth When her sister, Maddie (Amy Madigan), gets caught shoplifting, however, and she goes to the middle of nowhere to save her, Eve gets the chance to learn more about her own demons and troubled childhood There's so much talking in this and not enough thrills Despite some erotic scenes and dream like sequences feeling like a Tarsem Sighn experience it feels very meandering Clancy Brown is barely in the movie and there's hardly a reason to care about Swinton's ordeal This is very short on plot that's for sure that works better as psychological treatise Yet it's haunting in several ways that'll have you think time and again even if it's bathed in its own symbolism See more andrea c @Charst Feb 1, 2022 L'estrema attenzione con cui viene creato il personaggio di Tilda Swindon offre un punto di partenza ottimo, solido e credibile. Questa attenzione è riportata con successo anche nella ricerca dell'erotico e della tensione sessuale; di cui la protagonista ne è perfetta incarnazione. Purtroppo i lati favorevoli si fermano qui, la trama seppure interessante è poco esplorata e lascia troppo spazio ad una versione onirica dei dilemmi e dei problemi della sua protagonista; che per giunta non viene supportata con egual costruzione da tutti i restanti personaggi, molto più piatti e monotematici. See more Aug 1, 2014 Slow-moving and self-important. See more Apr 24, 2013 mixed-up kinda movie - more plots than a daytime soapy. See more Feb 20, 2012 Aptly named, this film depicts several activities labeled perverse by society at large, yet through those revelations we come to understand the demons that Evelyn (Tilda Swinton) is facing down. Strong performances by Swinton and Amy Madigan, as her (younger? older?) sister, Madelyn propel the film. Both women are successful, Evelyn as an attorney being considered for a judgeship, and Madelyn as a doctoral candidate about to make her oral defense of her thesis, and both women get a less than enthusiastic response from their emotionally distant father when they try to share their news. Excellent use of dreams, fantasy, and flashback to help the viewer understand Evelyn's fragility and somewhat self-destructive behaviors. Good supporting cast, with only a couple of weak links, and an interesting side-story concerning a young girl struggling with identity issues helped to keep it from veering off into pure psycho-drama. Good to see Karen Sillas, a personal favorite in a small role here. See more Oct 13, 2011 Meh. Too much bi-sexual fantasy scenes. See more Read all reviews

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