Tangled (2001)

Director:

Jay Lowi

Writers (WGA):

Jeffrey Lieber (story) &
Michael Shapiro (story) ...

Release Date:

2 November 2001 (Portugal)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The best of friends make the worst of enemies.

Plot:

A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened...

Plot Keywords:

Male Full Frontal Nudity | Male Frontal Nudity | Told In Flashback | Surprise Ending

Cast

Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Jenny Kelley
Shawn Hatosy	...	David Klein
Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	Alan Hammond (as Jonathan Rhys-Meyers)
Estella Warren	...	Elise Stevens
Lorraine Bracco	...	Det. Anne Andersle
Dwayne Hill	...	Det. Denny Nagle
Joyce Gordon	...	Kara
Jane Moffat	...	Librarian
Robert McKenna	...	Uncle Finch
Robert Graham Gray	...	Young Man

Also Known As:

Conspiracy of Weeds (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, sexuality and violence.

Runtime:

100 min | UK:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Indonesia:17/atas | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Ben's Sister Productions

Trivia:

Rachael Leigh Cook's character, Jenny, smokes in the film. Cook is a non-smoker in real life and smoked prop cigarettes for the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Alan burns the barn, you can clearly see the donut shaped bruise on David's forehead, however in the later scenes after the burning of the barn, while David is in the car, and later in the mansion the bruise varies between being gone, or being very faint.

Quotes:

David: Do you beleive there's one right person for everyone?
Jenny: Absolutely

Movie Connections:

References Teen Wolf (1985)

An above average romantic thriller with unexpected depth.

I enjoyed this unusual little thriller on a number of levels. It's always good to see Rachael Leigh Cook, but especially so when she's playing more 'serious' (and sensuous) roles. I liked the multiple flashback way the events leading up to where the film opens were gradually pieced together.

I felt the plot of this film had an underlying theme in that it incorporated an exploration of the dynamics of how these two male characters employ different tactics in competing for Jenny Kelley's (Rachael Leigh Cook's) affections. In short, there's an 'in depth' study (in particular) of David Klein's (Shawn Hatosy's) character.

Finally (similar to what I think has already been observed in an earlier comment) I thought several scenes excellently captured the unpredictable spontaneity in the various ways in which passionate love can sometimes evolve.