Reviewer
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Build-up 2 |
Kissing 2 |
Love scenes 1 |
Movie overall
3 |
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This story, set in the current day, takes place at an exclusive Beverly Hills high school. Kimberly Joyce (Evan Rachel Wood)is a sociopathic sophomore who manipulates and friends, family and faculty in a conspiracy to accuse a teacher of sexual assault and gain payback and fame. The movie begins as a sometimes clever, hard-biting satire of super rich Amercan teens, but eventually becomes a portrait of one very sick teenager. Along the way though three scenesare worthy of ELMS attention.
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Actresses:
Jane Krakowski & Tina Holmes
TV not-so-effectively closeted lesbian TV reporter Emily Klein (Jane Krakowski) finishes delivering a taped report in front of the Roxbury Academy that absolutely turns on her camera operator (Tina Holmes) who gives her a full smooch by way of appreciation as a redundant soundman looks on.
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Actresses:
Evan Rachel Wood & Jane Krakowski
Jane Krakowski approaches Evan Rachel Wood in a hallway of the Roxbury Academy "off the record" in an obvious attempt to squeeze some info from Wood. But the TV reporter's secret is out and Wood is way too slick. Instead of giving Krakowski the scoop, Wood leans in very intimately as if she wants to kiss her and says something like, "I could never give up c___, but sometimes what I really need is a woman's touch." It's a short potent build-up scene.
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Actresses:
Evan Rachel Wood & Jane Krakowski
The payoff for the previous scene is a lovemaking scene that follows the same formula that all the straight lovemaking scenes follow. Two people (Wood and Krakowski) on a bed shot from waist up. Krakowski is pictured as Wood performs her oral chores much to Krakowski's delight. The sound alone here makes the scene worthwhile After, Wood pops up, they chat and kiss. As with most of the other kisses in this movie, one character mostly blocks the other from view so you can't see as much as you want.
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I really liked the first part of this movie. Much of it was clever satire. James Woods is great as Evan Rachel Wood's racist, sexist, Jew-hating pig of a father who wears only boxers, T-shirt, and a robe in every scene. Elisabeth Harnois is great is Wood's docile sidekick as is Ron Livingston as the pervert teacher wrongly accused of sexual assault. Evan Rachel Wood is excellent as the sociopath gone nuts. Unfortunately, the movie loses sight of its bite-hearted satire and goes all heavy toward the conclusion. Well woth watching is a bit strange.
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