At its delirious worst, it's as pungent a Parisian cheese shop, offering a cornucopia of laughable scenes.
Fascination (2005)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:1
Rotten:25
Average Rating:2.5/10
Consensus: Laughably overheated and featuring loads of cheesy dialogue, Fascination is the virtual definition of so-band-it's-good.
Synopsis: A thriller riddled with paranoia and distrust, Klaus Menzel's FASCINATION is an acute study of a man stretched to breaking point by an egregious set of circumstances. Scott Doherty (Adam Garcia) is... A thriller riddled with paranoia and distrust, Klaus Menzel's FASCINATION is an acute study of a man stretched to breaking point by an egregious set of circumstances. Scott Doherty (Adam Garcia) is both stricken and confused when his mother, Maureen (Jacqueline Bisset), announces the tragic death of his father, who drowned during a curious boating mishap while the couple was on vacation. The incident seems highly irregular to Scott due to his father's considerable athletic prowess. But Scott's eyebrows are raised even further when his mother returns from the trip with a new beau on her arm in the shape of the dashing Oliver Vance (Stuart Wilson). As the newly entwined couple make astonishingly speedy wedding plans, Scott looks on in horror, although this is tempered somewhat by the eye-catching presence of Oliver's shapely daughter, Kelly (Alice Evans). Equally suspicious of the impending nuptials, Kelly joins Scott in an investigation into the foggy circumstances surrounding his father's demise. While acting on the supposition that Scott's deceased parent may have been murdered to allow his mother's new relationship to flourish, Kelly falls for Scott, and they embark on a passionate relationship together. But as Scott digs deeper, suspicions plague him, and his waning trust in Kelly disintegrates into a deep suspicion of who she is and what she wants from him. Stylistically tilting towards the dusky shadows of classic film noir, FASCINATION plays an exquisite guessing game with its viewers, who should take nothing for granted in this inventive and stimulating movie. [More]
Starring: Adam Garcia, Jacqueline Bisset, Alice Evans, Stuart Wilson
Starring: Adam Garcia, Jacqueline Bisset, Alice Evans, Stuart Wilson, James Naughton, Vincent Castellanos, Elia Enid Cadilla
Director: Klaus Menzel
Director: Klaus Menzel
Screenwriter: Klaus Menzel
Producer: Klaus Menzel
Studio: MGM/UA
Reviews for Fascination
The only magnetism generated by ersatz black-widow Fascination is that perilous urge to slow down and peek at the roadside wreck.
...Fascination generally vacillates between being utterly ridiculous and flat-out boring.
The presence of Jacqueline Bisset is the only reason the little man hasn't left the chair.
Fascination would be a good title for a movie that was in any way interesting.
Lust. Betrayal. Revenge. Greed. Murder. Somehow, all of these things become dull in the preposterous and yet decidedly un-fascinating "Fascination."
The most fascinating thing about this movie is why they thought anyone would want to see it.
It's a film that fully lives up to its title, because you'll leave the theater fascinated that Fascination ever made it to the big screen.
Klaus Menzel's laughable screenplay is not enhanced by direction not much more accomplished than that of a typical Cinemax late-night adult series.
So tedious is Fascination that the plot, the embittered characters and, yes, the sexuality are merely insipid.
Blood! Hooters! Really improbable, out-of-left-field plot developments! You could do a lot worse.
If you're in the mood for some unscripted belly laughs or a catnap, Fascination should do the trick.
Jacqueline Bisset looks lovely at 60, and that's the best thing about Klaus Menzel's laughably bad thriller.
The balance of the film is so nonsensical that not even sex can sell it.
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