Killing Me Softly (2002)

A woman faces deadly consequences for abandoning her loving relationship with her boyfriend to pursue exciting sexual scenarios with a mysterious celebrity mountaineer.

Director:

Kaige Chen

Writers:

Sean French (novel), Kara Lindstrom (screenplay)

Stars:

Heather Graham, Joseph Fiennes, Natascha McElhone

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Heather Graham	...	Alice
Joseph Fiennes	...	Adam Tallis
Natascha McElhone	...	Deborah
Ulrich Thomsen	...	Klaus
Ian Hart	...	Senior Police Officer
Jason Hughes	...	Jake
Kika Markham	...	Mrs. Blanchard
Amy Robbins	...	Sylvie
Yasmin Bannerman	...	Joanna Noble
Rebecca Palmer	...	Michelle Stowe
Ronan Vibert	...	Alice's Boss
Olivia Poulet	...	Alice's Secretary
Ian Aspinall	...	Alice's Work Colleague
Helen Grace	...	Alice's Work Colleague
Oliver Ryan	...	Bookshop Assistant

Storyline

A London website designer opts out of her comfortable but ordinary relationship with a nice boyfriend when she forms a dangerously obsessive bond with a handsome, mysterious mountaineer, who turns out to have some secrets.

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Plot Keywords:

mountaineer | love | sex | love at first sight | letter | 

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, some violence and language

Details

Official Sites:

MGM [us]

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 June 2002 (UK)

Also Known As:

Feu de glace

Filming Locations:

Adelphi Building, John Adam Street, Strand, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$20,613 (Hong Kong) (9 May 2003)

Gross:

$20,613 (Hong Kong) (9 May 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Montecito Picture Company, The, Noelle Entertainment Limited

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the picture of a naked Adele you can see a statue in the background. This is a reference to the Dutch translation of 'Nicci French''s novel "Killing me Softly" ("Bezeten van mij" in Dutch), as those certain statues are always used as covers in Dutch translations of Nicci French.

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Goofs

When Alice is showing Deborah the Polaroids in the kitchen, there is movement reflected in the toaster and two white mugs in the cabinet that do not belong to the two characters.

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Connections

Referenced in The Making of 'Killing Me Softly' (2003)

User Reviews

Trash

Firstly, a look on the bright side: You might like this movie if you are in the mood for some trash thriller with outstanding awful performances of otherwise capable actors in a nice setting with a pretty and well-dressed Heather Graham. It could also deliver some funny embarrassing moments if watching this movie on a first date. Thus it scores 2 points.

Watching this movie in a theater at a sneak preview and thus knowing nothing about it, the ridiculous mixture of plot, dialogues and attitude of the main characters lead us to the misinterpretation that we were seeing a satire. Only after about 20 minutes we realized that it was just a stunningly bad thriller. We still had some fun and good laughs. I wonder what it takes to make an actor like Joseph Fiennes to play so poorly. Maybe he, too, thought this was meant to be a satire.