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Director:
Pat Verducci
Writer (WGA):
Pat Verducci (written by)
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Release Date:
25 July 1996 (Spain) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
Trust no one
Plot:
Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has a addiction... more | add synopsis
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Check Your Brain At The Door more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alicia Silverstone ... Mary Giordano

Kevin Dillon ... Tony Campbell

Bill Nunn ... Detective Jerry Guinn

Michael Bowen ... Earl Parkins

Ann Devaney ... Sherry Tarnley
Joshua Schaefer ... John Giordano
Marla Sokoloff ... Vicki Giordano
Jennifer Savidge ... Celia Giordano

Tara Subkoff ... Liz McConnell
David Packer ... Sergeant Collins
Alissa Dowdy ... Kathleen Donlevy

Aimee Brooks ... Margie Donlevy
Brian Wankum ... Roger

Melissa DeLizia ... Girl #1
Tiombe Lockhart ... Girl #2 (as Tiombe Anika Lockhart)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dangerous Kiss
True Detective
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, menacing plot material and several scenes of sensuality.
Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/16 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R

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Check Your Brain At The Door, 21 June 2001
5/10
Author: refinedsugar from Nova Scotia, Canada

Alicia Silverstone is looking for a killer. The sick twisted type. See she's a big fan of those 'True Crime' magazines hence the title. Now I've never been able to grasp the interest of these magazines, but that's of no consequence here. We already have a character interested in them so it seems likely a murder is going to happen and it does and she naturally investigates. Along the way hooking up with a young police cadet (Kevin Dillon) who's off doing his own investigation. They form an unofficial partnership and from there things proceed pretty much how you expect in these sorts of movies... More bodies show up as do many suspects including the police cadet and there's some sexual tension between the two. Can you say predictable yet?

The problem with True Crime like many movies is it has nothing new to say. It's watchable, but you've seen it all done before and to better effect. The premise could be decent, but there is no follow through. It's just another cookie-cutter thriller with way too many red herrings thrown at you and a scene that happens early in the middle half of the movie just ruins it all. I call it the "point of no return". Without giving away too much I'll say this: She ends up investigating a house and finds incriminating hard evidence in and outside the house. Then she gradually seems to forget about it. Time passes and attention shifts to other suspects but why!? Eventually we end up back at square one and yup you guessed it. The person's house which she found all that evidence at turns out to be the killer. Laughable.

True Crime is just below average in the end. The cast is passable, the story is asleep at the wheel and the end of the movie is a joke. There is a creepy moment or two, but unless you're a big fan of Alicia Silverstone or have lowered expectations for thrillers you should pass. Especially with the blunder the movie makes that means you can easily predict who the killer is going to be. Nevermind the fact that a 16 year old girl is smarter than all the police officers in town put together. True Crime this is not.

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