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3 September 1993 (USA) moreTagline:
Beyond love, beyond obsession, there hides something beyond reason. morePlot:
A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once had an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Great concept ruined by pure incompetence more (104 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Julian Sands | ... | Dr. Nick Cavanaugh |
 | Sherilyn Fenn | ... | Helena |
 | Bill Paxton | ... | Ray O'Malley |
 | Kurtwood Smith | ... | Dr. Alan Harrison |
 | Art Garfunkel | ... | Dr. Lawrence Augustine |
| Betsy Clark | ... | Anne Garrett |
| Nicolette Scorsese | ... | Fantasy Lover / Nurse |
| Meg Register | ... | Marion Cavanaugh |
| Bryan Smith | ... | Russell |
| Marla Levine | ... | Patricia |
| Kim Lentz | ... | Nurse Diane |
| Lloyd T. Williams | ... | Sam the Clerk |
 | Carl Mazzocone Sr. | ... | Pastor |
| Erik Shoaff | ... | Uncle Charlie |
| Lisa Oz | ... | Flower Shop Girl |
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Rated R on appeal for two scenes of strong sexuality and language.Parents Guide:
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107 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Argentina:18 | Singapore:R21 | Philippines:R-18 | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Australia:R | Canada:R (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #32233) (re-rating on appeal) | Iceland:16Fun Stuff
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Revealing mistakes: When Nick Cavanaugh is on the phone in a telephone box, the camera spins around the box. The reflection on all four sides of the phone box is identical indicating that the phone box is surrounded on all four sides by the same building with the same neon light. moreSoundtrack:
YOU'RE NOBODY 'TIL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU moreFAQ
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One of the most intriguing concepts imaginable is brutally mangled by Jennifer Chambers Lynch's highly incompetent and infuriatingly redundant direction and appalling writing, which (combined with Greame Revell's score) makes ‘Boxing Helena' seem like a particularly ham-fisted episode of ‘The Red Shoe Diaries'.
Doctor Nick Cavanaugh lacks any kind of character definition or motivation and the titular Helena is portrayed an insufferable hag, incapable of inducing even the slightest bit of empathy in the viewer. In fact, my apathy was almost palpable all through the maddeningly predictable plot, a feeling confirmed by the even more maddening cop-out ending.
I love David Lynch to death, but the spawn of his loins apparently didn't inherit a smidgen of his talent.