In the Cut Critic Reviews

If In the Cut falls short of the masterpiece Campion intended, it's unquestionably the most ambitious and important film to come along in months. Read the full review

Jane Campion's astonishingly beautiful new film may be the most maddening and imperfect great movie of the year. Read the full review

Meg Ryan does such an effective job of evoking her sexually hungry lonely girl that it might have been better to just follow that line and not distract her and the audience with the distraction of a crime plot.Read the full review

A disjointed, sometimes fascinating mélange of moods, associations and effects.Read the full review

An OK mood piece but story-hungry murder mystery that flubs its whodunit fundamentals. Read the full review

Though the oppressive artiness makes the early scenes fairly ridiculous, the director's odd methods add rare tension to the climax, as it becomes evident that the finale won't be so predictable in Campion's hands. Read the full review

At once belabored and muddled movie, whose dreamy visual style and daring sexual material can't elide glaring inconsistencies in tone, plot and logic.Read the full review

The result, sadly, is a mess. Read the full review

Beautifully crafted and highlighted by an arresting change-of-pace perf by Meg Ryan as an English teacher erotically awakened by a homicide detective. But the story's unpalatable narrative holes and dramatic missteps will hold sway over the pic's better qualities.Read the full review