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Poison Ivy
The movie centers on Sylvie Cooper, a seductive teen who befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family. But she does not know that her new friend embarks upon a campaign to destroy her family, a plan which includes seducing her father.
3 February 1956, Lebanon, Oregon, USA
23 October 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
7 July 1952, USA
13 November 1953, Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA
15 August 1966, California, USA
8 July 1957
June 26, 2003
Sleazy teen thriller isn't as much fun as it should be
January 01, 2000
There is scarcely a moment in the movie when the story works as fiction; I was always aware of the casting, of the mood-setting devices, of the stylistic borrowings from Hitchcock.
February 11, 2008
Unfortunate thesps take it all very seriously, while technical aspects are emptily polished.
February 11, 2008
Offbeat and compelling neo-noir.
June 24, 2006
Its willingness to take risks, and its insights into the frailties and confusions of teenage friendships, lift the film right out of the rut.
February 11, 2008
Poison Ivy strikes a pleasing balance between emotion and ambiguity.
January 01, 2000
For the most part the actors' work seems incomplete because their characters are cut off before they can fully blossom.
October 09, 2006
Shea's arty-trashy exploitation film is an amalgam of Fatal Attraction, Stepfather, and Pasolini's Teorema, in all of which the order of a middle-class is disrupted by a depraved interloper, if only the script were better
May 12, 2001
Why settle for the usual walk around the exploitation block when Shea offers a wild ride with the top down into uncharted territory?
July 18, 2003
Sinsiter and savvy psychodrama
February 11, 2008
Ambiguous and intriguing.
February 11, 2008
Drew Barrymore stars in a melodrama that borders on high-class kiddie porn.
