CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

maestro7PL When a critic views a film that is different from most of the films they have to see, they often give it an undeserved rave review. That is what happened with this piece of garbage. This is one of the worst films ever made. There is not a single character that is sympathetic (and we meet quite a few), the story makes very little sense, the femme fatale has to be the most unlikable such character ever, yet she is able to make everyone do her bidding, and nobody in the film reacts as normal people do. There is absolutely no reason for Mike, the main male character that Wendy, the femme fatale, meets in a bar to love or even like Wendy, but we have to accept his behavior to accept the movie. But you can't accept his fondness for Wendy at all, especially the more he discovers about her. This movie is 2 hours that I will never get back. Don't believe the hype. Sitting in your bedroom contemplating your 4 walls is time better spent. Make no mistake--this is unadulterated crap which made me realize just how good film noirs of the 40's and 50's were. They had well-defined characters and a story worth following. This film has nothing!

SnoopyStyle Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) is a telemarketing manager running a croaked boiler room. Her husband Clay Gregory (Bill Pullman) sells stolen pharmaceuticals for a big payday. She steals his money and leaves NYC. She stops at Beston on her way to Chicago. Mike Swale (Peter Berg) is tired of small town girls. She walks into the bar and he's smitten. Her lawyer Frank Griffith (J.T. Walsh) tells her to stay put while he starts the divorce. She gets a job as Wendy Kroy but Mike happens to work at the company. Clay is desperate to pay off a loan shark and manages to track her to an area code. Then he figures out that New York backwards is Wen Kroy and sends Harlan (Bill Nunn) to find Wendy.The bar scene is terrific and it's all about Linda Fiorentino. That goes for the whole movie. Her character is a real piece. Peter Berg is a good sucker and Bill Pullman is a good sleaze. It's surprisingly funny at times. It's all attitude and Fiorentino is dripping in it. Her dialog is neo-noir and snappy. I love the dark turns and her glee with making those turns.

SheWearsAYellowSkirt This movie was fun to watch, but I couldn't help wondering what happens to Bridget after the credits started to roll, and feeling strangely frightened for her. Here's what I (sadly) imagined happens after the ending: ****SPOILER ALERT*****PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU LIKED THE ENDING!!!After Bridget cruises off in the stretch limousine, we jump ahead to two months later. Bridget starts to feel ill: fever and cold sweats that she can't seem to shake. She goes to the doctor, and he/she runs some tests. She finds out that she is HIV positive. She is alarmed. Shocked. Unbelieving. The doctor asks her if she has had unprotected sex in the past. She thinks back, at first remembering nothing. Then she remembers the "rape" by Mike the night she murdered her husband. She remembers the secret that Mike was briefly married to Trish, a trans woman/transvestite. Despair rises in her eyes as their conversation that first night she met Mike replays in her mind:Bridget: "How many lovers?" Mike: "Err, thirteen."(Shaking his head) "Twe...twelve." Bridget: "Any prostitutes?" Mike: "No" Bridget: "Any men?" Mike: (Vehemently) "NO!" (Turning to look her in the eye) "No Ma'am!"In anger, Bridget storms out of the doctor's office. She is resolute that she will not die alone. We see her in a quick montage having (we presume unprotected) sex with twenty men, one after another, and it is only at this moment that we see Bridget's humanity. Jump cut to some time later (months? weeks?). Bridget is relaxing on her chaise lounge in her sumptuously decorated Central Park West apartment. All calm has been restored. She looks like her usual prim, attractive self. The small smile playing across her face is all that reminds us of the secret that only she and the audience knows. Fade to black.Roll credits

Tweekums In most cases a film's protagonist will have some redeeming features; not here though Linda Fiorentino plays Bridget; a woman with a heart of ice. Wanting to move up in the world she gets her dentist husband to sell pharmaceutical cocaine which nets them three quarters of a million dollars. He makes a big mistake though; he hits her and she walks off with the lot. Knowing he'll come looking for her she leaves New York and drives till she runs out of fuel. She finds herself in the small town of Beston and goes to the local bar and meets Mike, a man who dreamt of leaving the town but after his marriage went wrong in Buffalo returned. It doesn't take long for her to get into his bed and, after talking to her lawyer, she decides to stay in Beston. Now going by the name of Wendy Kroy she contacts her husband not expecting him to be able to trace the call. Now she must find away to get rid of him permanently! She works at an insurance company with Mike and comes up with an idea to make money… identify rich cheating husbands and the call the wives offering to kill the cheats! Mike is understandable less than keen and when he sees evidence that she has been to Miami he confronts her… she tells him she had been paid to kill one such man and shows him a brief case full of money; now it is his turn.Linda Fiorentino was fantastic as Bridget/Wendy, her character may be manipulative, murderous and thoroughly unpleasant she is a delight to watch and the viewer may find themselves rooting for her in a way they never would in real life! She is able supported by Bill Pullman who played her husband and Peter Berg who played the in-over-his-head Mike. The story is entertaining and as the final scene arrives the viewer will realise that Bridget was even more devious that initially suggested; that takes some doing. I would certainly recommend this neo noir thriller; just don't expect a nice heroine!