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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Katt Shea
Writers (WGA):
Melissa Goddard (story)
Andy Ruben (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 May 1992 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
What Ivy wants, Ivy gets.
Plot:
A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
The Carnival of Darkness to Show August 6
 (From 28 Days Later Analysis. 17 July 2009, 12:24 PM, PDT)

Trailer Mix: Whip It Real Good
 (From Interview Magazine. 16 July 2009, 4:24 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Better than it should be more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sensuality and language.
Runtime:
Argentina:90 min | USA:88 min (R-rated version) | USA:93 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:MA (TV rating) | Iceland:12 | Iceland:14 (video rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) (unrated version) | Singapore:R21 | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) (2005) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Germany:16 | Norway:15 (video premiere) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Original title: "Ivy" and "Our House". more
Goofs:
Continuity: Right at the start of the film, a dog has been run over by a car. To put it out of its misery, Ivy kills it. As she does, a whole lot of blood splashes on to Sara's face. However, in the next shot, the blood is nowhere to be seen. more
Quotes:
[on the merits of Fred, her dog]
Sylvie Cooper: In fact, that Fred hated every human being except me really meant something.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin/Prince (#31.12)" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
VERY FIRST LIE more

FAQ

Where is Leo DiCaprio in this movie?
How could Drew Barrymore make this movie when she was under 18 at the time?
Is Ivy's real name ever revealed?
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25 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
Better than it should be, 12 March 1999
Author: (otter_c@ix.netcom.com) from Mountain View, Ca.

By all rights this should have been yet another R-rated sex and violence flick about a piece of immoral jailbait having her wicked way with everyone around her, but the directing and acting are good enough to make it more effective than most, even touching. The atmosphere is almost haunting, and the relationships between the characters (especially the two teenage girl leads) are well developed enough to hold your interest.

Sara Gilbert gives the film a sympathetic center, she's excellent as a bright, likeable high school girl who finds herself in far over her head when she befriends poor little bad girl Drew Barrymore. Her misery and frustration as Barrymore takes over her family, her life, even her dog are moving enough to make the flimsy story work. Barrymore wasn't much of an actress at that age (still isn't, in my opinion), but she's very effective nonetheless. She doesn't need to act, she needs to do what she does, look sexy. Really, really sexy, like it's all she ever thinks about. Cheryl Ladd also does surprisingly well as Gilbert's slowly dying mother.

The movie also has moments of an almost haunting quality. The score is lovely, alternately passionate and strangely moody, and gives the film enough emotional intensity to make me forgive its many flaws. Even Barrymore kissing Gilbert. Eeeew.

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