Review of The Last Seduction (1994) by Anna S — 08 Oct 2009

This film is based around the ultimate femme fatale, Linda Fiorentino who is totally believable as a sexy and manipulative b*tch. The story is clever and smart, very enjoyable, right up to the end where you can't help but feel sorry for anyone that tries to stop her getting her way. This movie reveals that if a woman has both beauty and brains, and decides to use both to get what she wants, there is no stopping her. Peter Berg is good as the backwater boy who gets taken for a ride. The whole culture clash of city chick meeting country blumpkin is very amusingly done. The husband is Bill Pullman. He gives a terrific performance. Woken up at night by a gun-toting intruder who claims he is a burglar, Pullman blinks and says wearily, "I thought you were the new interior decorator." There are many memorable lines, intelligently written!

Plot: Wife steals megabucks from husband and takes off. Husband finally tracks down wife and tries to get money back. Wife cold-bloodedly seduces innocent man into helping her.