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Femme Fatale (2002) -- A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.3/10   14,747 votes
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Director:
Brian De Palma
Writer (WGA):
Brian De Palma (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 November 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Nothing is more desirable or more deadly than a woman with a secret
Plot:
A woman tries to straighten out her life, even as her past as a con-woman comes back to haunt her. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
ABC pilot bewitches Rebecca Romijn
 (From Hitfix. 9 March 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)

Cannes 06: Massive Preview
 (From ioncinema. 2 March 2006)

User Comments:
Auteur theory is alive and well with De Palma more
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 192:35 AMMAX   

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rebecca Romijn ... Laure / Lily (as Rebecca Romijn-Stamos)

Antonio Banderas ... Nicolas Bardo

Peter Coyote ... Watts

Eriq Ebouaney ... Black Tie
Edouard Montoute ... Racine
Rie Rasmussen ... Veronica
Thierry Frémont ... Serra (as Thierry Fremont)

Gregg Henry ... Shiff
Fiona Curzon ... Stanfield Phillips
Daniel Milgram ... Pierre / Bartender
Jean-Marc Minéo ... Seated Guard (as Jean-Marc Mineo)
Jean Chatel ... Cannes Commentator
Stéphane Petit ... Bodyguard One (as Stephane Petit)
Olivier Follet ... Bodyguard Two
Eva Darlan ... Irma
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, violence and language.
Runtime:
114 min
Country:
France
Language:
English | French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Stamos, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos's husband, is uncredited as the "cheesey agent" who contacts Antonio's character on the phone. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The envelope and passport change their relative positions in Laure's hand between shots during the climactic scene. more
Quotes:
Laure Ash: So I went back to the states and got everything a bad girl wants. more
Movie Connections:
References Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Punishment more

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35 out of 49 people found the following comment useful:-
Auteur theory is alive and well with De Palma, 10 November 2002
10/10
Author: scoob-

Mr. De Palma is not a critics' darling, and as such his latest, Femme Fatale, has come in for his usual roasting. Is it deserved? Not if you love a film that embraces the visual splendour and techniques that make cinema a unique art form.

Femme Fatale sees De Palma returning to his forte: the suspense thriller. It is a welcome return considering his recent fare have seen him straying to more mainstream efforts - Mission to Mars, Mission: Impossible - that were shells of his virtuoso films of the late 70s and early 80s.

The film leads off with a stunning 20-minute Jewel heist sequence that takes place during the Cannes film festival of 2001. Completely bereft of dialogue, a la Topkapi, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos's character has the enviable task of lifting a diamond dress from Rie Rasmussun in a bathroom encounter. His first original screenplay in 10 years, De Palma writes a tightly-plotted tale that certainly does not lead the audience by the hand, and the resulting twists it provides will allow different perspectives on the film's events with repeat viewings.

Antonio Banderas - usually lost without cause if not working with Robert Rodriguez - does what he needs to do with efficiency; Romijn-Stamos, the Femme Fatale of the title, provides the eye candy. The acting is not top drawer, but it does not need to be: we're here to see an auteur in his element: De Palma delivers. Cinema is more than a stage with a camera - De Palma uses his camera and cinema technique to brilliant effect. Huge swooping camera movements, split-screen, slow motion sequences, no dialogue and an enveloping orchestral score; De Palma's signature is prevalent. And that is good: a director should never be an autonomous entity, happy to turn out derivative drivel that get the masses in and out - directors for hire are too commonplace in Hollywood today - and that is something that De Palma could never be accused of.

Femme Fatale is a great example of a director working in a genre he loves and understands, and given the freedom to create. Total cinema? Its smell is sure intoxicating. Welcome back, Mr. De Palma.

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