Wild Things (1998) Critic Reviews

The movie has more twists than Chubby Checker, and as soon as you think Stephen Peters' script has used up every conceivable opportunity, it twists again. Read the full review

Not only is it highly unusual, but the picture is chock-full of surprise and unexpected humor to leaven its thriller trappings.Read the full review

It's like a three-way collision between a softcore sex film, a soap opera and a B-grade noir. I liked it.Read the full review

A tricky-bordering-on-gimmicky film noir with a glaze of soft-core kink. Read the full review

A passionate murder mystery with more twists than a thrashing alligator.Read the full review

The movie is as tawdry as someone else's lingerie, yet not without a certain prurient watchability.Read the full review

Predicated on two ideas -- that human nature is rife with perfidy and that it's important to get the cast into hot cars or bathing suits whenever possible -- Mr. McNaughton and the cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball (''Top Gun,'' ''True Romance'') give a decadent gloss to this far-fetched, quintuple-crossing tale. Read the full review

It's amusing in a trashy sort of way.Read the full review

The film almost redeems itself with what may be the longest, most elaborate post-film/pre-credits sequence in film history, but it will still disappoint anyone expecting more than watchable trash.Read the full review