The women (played by Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan) are so intriguing and complex that they almost overcome the trappings of a non-linear narrative that's borderline academic.
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06/27/06
Female Perversions (1996)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:14
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.3/10
Synopsis: Adapted from feminist-Freudian therapist Louise J. Kaplan's theoretical treatise, "Female Perversions: The Temptations of Emma Bovary," this provocative, symbolism-heavy feature examines women's... [More]
Starring: Tilda Swinton, Amy Madigan, Karen Sillas, Frances Fisher
Director: Susan Streitfeld
Reviews for Female Perversions
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01/26/06
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06/14/05
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03/02/05
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08/21/03
The result is short on plot but long on observational detail and psychological resonance.
04/12/02
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03/24/02
Humorless and swathed in symbolism, it taunts us with cerebral puzzles that we may not care to solve.
01/09/02
Even if it works better as a provocative psychological treatise than as art, it does come alive and does provide major roles for Tilda Swinton and Amy Madigan.
02/14/01
Top CriticThrough a complex narrative technique and stunning imagery, the movie ... slips behind the mask of invincibility to portray a woman plagued by self-doubt and anguish.
01/01/00
Often too pretentious to be profound.
01/01/00
As a whole Female Perversions only provides a bewildering collection of beautifully photographed images and thought-provoking set pieces.
01/01/00
Top CriticTaken as a whole, this is not a product of the cookie cutter and should be of interest to the adventurous filmgoer.
01/01/00
Streitfeld is only fitfully successful.
01/01/00
Our Eve uses her beauty and sexuality to get ahead and yet simultaneously rails against both, leaving the viewer to ponder that age-old mystery of life: Who cares?
01/01/00
The most intelligent, entertaining, provocative, absorbing, and, yes, feminist movie to grace our theatres in quite some time.
01/01/00
This film is steamy, pulsing with veracity, boldly performed.
01/01/00
This is the kind of movie you can't stop thinking about.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Thanks to the mercurial fluency of Ms. Swinton's hot-and-cold performance, Eve emerges as much more than a symbolic case study of a powerful woman inwardly tearing herself to pieces.
01/01/00
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