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Actors: Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, Bill Pullman, J.T. Walsh
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Last Seduction |
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Cold blooded femme fatale Bridget (Fiorentino) convinces her husband (Pullman) to pull off a dangerous drug deal and once he does, she flees with the money, leaving him to deal with a loan shark on his own. En route to Chicago, she stops off in a small town and there she seduces a hapless local named Mike (Berg) who falls hopelessly in love with her. He thinks that she is his ticket out of town, she on the other hand plans to use him as a pawn in her game to kill her husband.
--Patti Illsley, Resident Scholar
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Bridget Gregory is beautiful, intelligent, and married to a doctor -- but it's not enough. For one thing, Clay Gregory is sleazy and abusive. So after Bridget persuades her husband to sell a bunch of medicinal cocaine to some drug dealers, she takes off with the $700,000 and goes into hiding. Left holding the bag with a loan shark who threatens severe bodily harm, Clay sends several private detectives on Bridget's trail, which leads to a small town near Buffalo. While there, she picks up Mike Swale, a rather dumb small-town boy dazzled by her beauty, street smarts, and the hot sex, and Bridget devises a plan to get rid of her husband once and for all. This 1994 John Dahl production was first shot on video and aired on cable before being transferred to film stock, which is why Linda Fiorentino's ferocious and super sexy performance was denied an Oscar nomination it so richly deserved.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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THE LAST SEDUCTION is a movie directed by John Dahl in 1994.
NYC. Linda Fiorentino leaves her husband Bill Pullman after having stolen the $700,000 he just earns in a drug deal. She decides to stay in a small town near Buffalo, changes her name and takes a job in the local insurance company as a marketing director. She seduces one her colleagues, Peter Berg, who falls madly in love with her. Linda will use him when the unhappy Bill Pullman, still after his money, reappears.
A superb film noir with a venomous Linda Fiorentino.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Last Seduction |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- seduction (yum!)
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals stealing from other criminals
- criminal falls in love with victim
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Midwest
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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