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Killing Me Softly (Unrated Edition) (2002)
Front Cover Actor
Heather Graham Alice
Joseph Fiennes Adam
Natascha McElhone Deborah
Ulrich Thomsen Klaus
Jason Hughes Jake
Kika Markham Mrs. Blanchard
Amy Robbins Sylvie
Yasmin Bannerman Joanna
Rebecca R. Palmer Michelle
Helen Grace Lucy
Ian Hart Senior Police Officer
Movie Details
Genre Thriller
Director Kaige Chen; Chen Kaige
Producer Michael Chinich; Joe Medjuck; Anna Chi
Writer Sean French; Kara Lindstrom
Studio MGM/UA
Language English
Audience Rating Unrated
Running Time 100 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 5.2
Plot
It's easy to identify the biggest attraction of Killing Me Softly: two fetching actors (Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes) and lots of nudity--especially in the unrated version. It's harder to choose the bigger liability: the dialogue howlers (as Fiennes binds Graham in ropes, she says, "Sometimes I feel like I don't know you") or the incredibly obvious solution to the big mystery. The story is an unofficial update of Hitchcock's Suspicion: a new wife wonders whether her unbelievably charismatic husband might be a murderer. The Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine) turns out to be exactly the wrong director for this overheated slice of l'amour fou in London, but with the hopeless pairing of Graham and Fiennes as the passionate lovers, he didn't have much of a chance. A nicely romantic Patrick Doyle score is the only reason not to hit the Mute button and enjoy the visuals. --Robert Horton
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 174
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Killing Me Softly at Movie Collector Connect
IMDB
Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Unrated Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed)
Widescreen (16:9)
UPC (Barcode) 027616885135
Release Date 7/15/2003
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby