Kiss the Girls (1997)

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director:

Gary Fleder

Writers:

James Patterson (novel), David Klass (screenplay)

Stars:

Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Morgan Freeman	...	Dr. Alex Cross
Ashley Judd	...	Kate Mctiernan
Cary Elwes	...	Nick Ruskin
Alex McArthur	...	Sikes
Tony Goldwyn	...	Will Rudolph
Jay O. Sanders	...	Kyle Craig
Bill Nunn	...	Sampson
Brian Cox	...	Chief Hatfield
Richard T. Jones	...	Seth Samuel
Roma Maffia	...	Dr. Ruocco
Jeremy Piven	...	Henry Castillo
Gina Ravera	...	Naomi Cross
William Converse-Roberts	...	Dr. Wick Sachs
Helen Martin	...	Nana Cross
Tatyana Ali	...	Janell Cross (as Tatyana M. Ali)

Storyline

Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. cop and forensic psychologist learns that his niece who is going to college in North Carolina is missing. So he goes there and learns that the police think she's among the victims of someone who kidnaps young girls and holds them captive and kills them who dubs himself Cassanova after the great lover. Later Kate, one of his victims, escapes and tries to help Cross find his niece.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | kidnapping | escape | serial killer | tied to a tree | 

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Taglines:

Smart Girls. Pretty Girls. Missing Girls.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for terror, violence and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Denied a cinema release in Virginia, due to the unsolved murders of three girls in the area. It was deemed to be insensitive to the families involved to release the film in the affected communities.

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Goofs

Kate's mouth does not move when she says, "At least now the FBI know who they're looking for."

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Quotes

Kate McTiernan: [crying] What do you want from me?
Casanova: Everything.

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Alternate Versions

Originally, the voice of Casanova was dubbed (though uncredited) by Jeff Kober. In later airings (notably satellite broadcasts), his voice was dubbed by Tony Goldwyn, who also plays Dr. Rudolph (The Gentleman Caller) in the movie.

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Connections

Followed by Double Cross

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Soundtracks

Dimples
By John Lee Hooker & James Bracken
Performed by John Lee Hooker
Courtesy of Vee-Jay Ltd. Partnership

User Reviews

A bit gruesome and abusive, but Freeman is great, a routine but decent film

Kiss the Girls (1997)

Not a bad film, "entertaining" in the sense of sitting back and watching an episode of Bones or CSI. It has more development and higher production values, I guess, than television, but really it is a routine film hardly worth thinking too hard about.

Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman have been together for three movies, and they work together well. I'm not sure I see any special chemistry there, and for my money, it's a Morgan Freeman film. He plays a Forensic Psychologist and is all business, not swayed by stupidity. Judd plays a victim at first, and then in an unlikely twist, joins the investigation. The plot is frankly a little predictable, and you keep thinking there will be this giant twist, but there isn't. You simply don't know exactly who the perp is.

Ah, well, it propels itself all the same, a fun distraction.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Mandarin

Release Date:

3 October 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kiss the Girls

Filming Locations:

McClure Tunnel, Santa Monica, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,215,167, 5 October 1997

Gross USA:

$60,527,873

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$60,527,873

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1