Fierce People

Whereas most of the injustices suffered by "Nanny's" nanny are of the skin-deep variety, the hopelessly reductive Fierce People ups the ante. Full Review

When the tone goes from daffy to dour in the course of a harrowing plot point, the story becomes more forced than fierce. Full Review

What might have read as a dense allegory comparing the rituals of the super-rich with the tribal customs of the violent Ishkanani tribe in the Amazon becomes a tedious, over-ripe soap opera on screen. Full Review

The film is worthwhile primarily for the fun, breezy first hour. After that, it's a case of watching to find out how things turn out. Full Review

Dunne and Wittenborn, who adapted his book, work too hard at stressing just how ruthless the unspoken standards of the stinking rich can be, leading to a story-pivoting act of brutality toward Finn that careens the movie into a tonal wilderness that it never recovers from. Full Review