Wild Things (1998)

Director:

John McNaughton

Writer (WGA):

Stephen Peters (written by)

Release Date:

20 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Sie würden für ihr Leben gern mit dir spielen ! (No Risk, No Fun)

Plot:

A high school guidance counselor is framed for raping two of his students...or is he?

Plot Keywords:

High School | Florida | South Florida | Police | Guidance Counselor

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Kevin Bacon	...	Ray Duquette
Matt Dillon	...	Sam Lombardo
Neve Campbell	...	Suzie Toller
Theresa Russell	...	Sandra Van Ryan
Denise Richards	...	Kelly Van Ryan
Daphne Rubin-Vega	...	Gloria Perez
Robert Wagner	...	Tom Baxter
Bill Murray	...	Ken Bowden
Carrie Snodgress	...	Ruby
Jeff Perry	...	Bryce Hunter
Cory Pendergast	...	Jimmy Leach
Marc Macaulay	...	Walter
Toi Svane Stepp	...	Nicole (as Toi Svane)
Dennis Neal	...	Art Maddox
Diane Adams	...	School Secretary

Also Known As:

Sex Crimes (USA) (working title)
wildthings (USA) (video box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity, language and some violence.

Runtime:

108 min | USA:115 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Philippines:R-18 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Belgium:KNT | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (British Columbia/Manitoba) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:11 | UK:18 | USA:R (original rating) (No. 35561) | USA:Unrated (extended version)

Filming Locations:

Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park - 1200 S. Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, Florida, USA

Company:

Mandalay Entertainment

Trivia:

Before the filming of an outdoor scene by the river, a gaffer was fixing the lights and noticed something floating by in the river. It was a dead body. The police were called and when they arrived, they anchored it to the dock, out of sight of the camera. They removed it after the scene was shot.

Goofs:

Continuity: Suzie's teeth fly across the screen as a a bottle is seen about to whack her. Post-conclusion scenes show a different version of what happened.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Kelly Van Ryan: Fuck off!

Movie Connections:

Edited into "Prison Break: Disconnect (#2.12)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Murder For The Money

Excellent idea, good development, miserable ending...

The initial idea for this movie was rather good and original. Greed and betrayal are matters that cannot be dwelled enough in Hollywood. "Wild Things" certainly plays with the viewers mind, to unthinkable extents. The initial twists definitely made the movie very interesting, and unpredictable to its audience. Indeed, it does a good job at making you think you know what's going to happen, just to fool you in the end. But as the movie got closer to the end, it just seemed to me more and more, that the writer wrote this script with this only intention in mind: to fool the audience. So it did, that the natural development of things simply lacked quality. The plot and the way it developed, appeared to be very intelligent. But on the last quarter of the story, this movie just gave itself up. The twists just happened so quickly and so roughly at the end, that it no longer was clever, but just plain stupid and comical. I could no longer suspend my disbelief of the reality of the sequence of the scenes. It all just appeared way too easily, with everything falling into place, but not quite right.

I give this movie a 7 for its entertainment value.