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Killing Me Softly [2002] - Nicci French [DVD]starring: Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Thomsen, Ian Hart directed by: Kaige Chen
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Any film aiming to be Hitchcockian has a lot to live up to: with its blonde heroine, eerie atmosphere and sweeping score, Killing Me Softly sets itself up for a fall even before the plot kicks in. Stylishly filmed by Chen Kaige (the Chinese director's first English feature), this London-set thriller is based on Nicci French's novel about a young American woman, Alice (Heather Graham), and her passionate affair with the mysterious stranger Adam (Joseph Fiennes). Leaving her partner and surrendering herself to Adam's sexual experimentation, Alice only begins to suspect something's not quite right once she's married him and a series of ominous notes arrive through the post. Add to this Adam's mysterious first marriage, an intriguing locked cupboard and enigmatic sister (Natasha McElhone), and Alice begins to look for a way out, in fear of her life. The fact that Alice sleeps with a stranger at the drop of a hat makes for a shaky premise, but what ensues can only be described as complete nonsense, with the plot twisting its way to a ludicrous climax. Smirking his way through the film, Fiennes is as miscast as Graham, who's clearly there for the soft porn love scenes and not the ones where she's a reporter replete with big spectacles. Graham in the buff is certainly going to attract a few viewers, but for the rest of us Killing Me Softly is just too plain daft to bother with. On the DVD: Killing Me Softly offers a sparse set of extras, including a featurette that repeats most of the footage seen in the trailer, also included. Short interviews with cast members Graham, Fiennes and McElhone can be found here alongside comments from director Kaige and some footage of the shoot itself, all of which add little to the overall package. --Laura Bushell Average Rating:
 Rating: - Not THAT bad!Having read the book, I kept comparing the two, but I don't think the film was as bad as some reviewers are making out. Seeing it on TV (Fiver) I rather think some of the sex scenes were cut, thus losing the essence of the relationship between Alice and Adam. However, changing the ending meant that a lot of the plot didn't make sense. When Adam was the killer, the rape plotline and the K2 deaths made sense. I didn't think the casting was that bad. Read the book - it's much better! Rating:  - Strange sort of love story...This is a really weird film for me. I've only ever seen it twice, and it having been some time since I saw it the first time around, I was surprised to find that on my second viewing, I'd only really remembered about the first twenty minutes or so - a part which had stuck in my mind quite vividly. Despite its suspense-type thriller content, along with some really explicit scenes featuring 'kinky' sex, ironically, the most memorable moments in this film for me are the romantic ... Read More Rating:  - Return the film, buy the bookAfter reading "Killing Me Softly", the book by Nicci French I was intrigued about seeing the film, since the book was so good. It really wasn't worth any anticipation. The film doesn't stay true to the book, by a long way, and the ending is completely changed into something so preposterous you wonder what the scriptwriters were thinking. The acting is pretty dire, and the development of the relationship storyline is inadequate (and i'm pretty sure the only reason heather graham is in this is for ... Read More Rating: - London is beautiful for passionate loveThis film is quite gripping in many ways, but particularly so in one : it tricks us into believing something that is nothing but a preconceived idea. Love may be a very strong, sudden and even violent passion. It is shown in all its splendor and beauty. When love becomes passionate it can lead to extreme adventures, and in this film it does, though moderately for the audience not to be unsettled too much. Just enough for the audience to believe that this passion can lead the man, who is becoming suspicious ... Read More Rating: - Killing me Slowly's a better titleThis movie was not the worst I have seen, as the storyline had a good basis, but the casting was terrible! I've always thought Heather Graham was a poor actress and this just proved it! Joseph Fiennes makes an unconvincing "baddy", and he doesn't do much in the totty factor! overall, good story, bad acting! the Stars are definitly not for the cast! Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display
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