Gorgeous people doing dastardly deeds...
Walking out of the theatre, after having watched
"Femme Fatale", I was thoroughly confused as to
whether I'd watched a fun, erotic and exciting
thriller or a movie with the biggest cheat of an
ending since 1999's Limbo.
Thinking back on all
the clues that De Palma littered throughout the
film, I came to forgive the ending conceding
that this film had but two purposes... to fool
you in the tradition of The Sixth Sense by
keeping you in the dark for the bulk of the
running time and then yanking the carpet from
beneath you, and to give you a fun time at the
movies.
Femme Fatale succeeds in doing both and
thus must be considered a good film. I am
absolutely sure that this movie will be more fun
to watch in repeated viewings a la 2001's mind
bending trio Mulholland Drive, Memento & Vanilla
Sky.
Although most of the credit for a film like this
must go to the director, Brian De Palma, I want
to acknowledge the three lead actors. Rebecca
Romijn is absolutely perfect for a role like
this and, somewhat surprisingly, she is very
good as the seductive thief. To carry a motion
picture like this is very hard... her role could
easily have fallen into pure camp. But the world
famous supermodel proves with this performance
that she can have a equally successful career as
an actress.
Antonio Banderas is quite charming
and oftentimes funny in this film... he adds a
touch of humanity to this cold and bitter world
of thievery and murder. A special note must also
be given to Rie Rasmussen (Romijn's best friend
in real life -- she got her the audition) who
delivers one of the sexiest performances of the
decade as Veronica, the jewel adorned
accomplice.
With a film like this, you need only ask one
question... Was it fun? No doubt about it, I had
fun watching this film even though I was left
dumbfounded as I left the theatre.
The biggest and most compelling question I have
after watching this movie is this... How on
earth did John Stamos bag Rebecca Romijn???
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Written by TC Candler
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