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Kiss the Girls

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6.5/10 • 1.7K

1997-09-291h 55m

ThrillerCrimeMysteryDrama

Smart girls. Pretty girls. Missing girls.

Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

Directors
Gary Fleder
Editors
William Steinkamp

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  1. Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman

    Det. Alex Cross

  2. Ashley Judd

    Ashley Judd

    Dr. Kate McTiernan

  3. Cary Elwes

    Cary Elwes

    Det. Nick Ruskin

  4. Alex McArthur

    Alex McArthur

    Det. Davey Sikes

  5. Tony Goldwyn

    Tony Goldwyn

    Dr. Will Rudolph

  6. Jay O. Sanders

    Jay O. Sanders

    FBI Agent Kyle Craig

  7. Bill Nunn

    Bill Nunn

    Det. John Sampson, LAPD

  8. Brian Cox

    Brian Cox

    Chief Hatfield, Durham PD

  9. Richard T. Jones

    Richard T. Jones

    Seth Samuel

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Wuchak

Jun 19, 2020

5/10

Starts good and becomes increasingly farfetched A serial killer is loose in Durham, North Carolina, who’s actually a serial collector of young women. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) ventures down from D.C. to assist in the investigation since his niece is one of the victims. He eventually teams-up with a surgeon who escaped the perpetrator’s lair (Ashley Judd). Cary Elwes and Tony Goldwyn are also on hand. “Kiss the Girls” (1997) is a detective thriller in the mold of “Silence of the Lambs” (1991) with some “Se7en” (1995) and a dash of “Scream” (1996), but less gruesome and therefore presumably more palatable to a larger audience. What I appreciate most about this flick is the lush nighttime sylvan cinematography. The cast is good as well. The first half is great for this genre, but the story gets progressively implausible from there with a muddled midsection. And then there’s the ‘big reveal’ at the end, which was predictable from the get-go. At the end of the day “Kiss the Girls” is worthwhile if you like detective thrillers and the cast, but be prepared for a wildly unrealistic tale. The sequel, “Along Came a Spider” (2001), had the same problem where the ‘big reveal’ is even more eye-rolling. The film runs 1 hour, 55 minutes, and was shot in North Carolina and Southern Cal. GRADE: C

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$27,000,000.00
Revenue
$60,527,873.00
Keywords
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