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This neo-noir movie was originally released in 1994 on HBO prior to it being released at the box office which in effect disqualified it for Oscar awards. It's an interesting profile of a female psychopath. One point to note is that the treatment of the main character, Bridget Gregory aka Wendy Kroy, broke from "standard" treatment of "flawed female" characters in that there is never any "excuse" made for her behavior. Generally, female characters usually have some "soft, feminine side" examined or some past traumatizing event in the character's past such as child abuse or a violent rape revisited. Thus, the excuse for her departure from the "norm." This movie can be somewhat sexually explicit, so it may not be suitable to watch with children present or if you have objections to watching such.
The three main characters are portrayed by Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, and Bill Pullman who all give very good performances. The film was directed by John Dahl.
The following is wikipedia's plot line: "The Last Seduction is a story about a sociopath femme-fatale, Bridget Gregory, who steals a bag of money ($700,000) from her drug-dealing husband Clay. Bridget drives off headed to Chicago when she happens to stop at a small town and meets Mike, a man who recently split with his wife under mysterious circumstances. The two immediately hook up. Bridget is just looking for sex while Mike is trying to find a way out of the small town. Meanwhile, drug dealer Clay gets his thumb broken by the loan shark who is looking for repayment for his loan. Clay, with the help of a private detective, frantically searches for his plotting wife and the money. Back in the small town Bridget changes her name and gets a job at the same insurance company Mike works for. (Her alias "Wendy Kroy" is essentially "New York" spelled backwards; Clay knows of her penchant for backwards spelling and writing and eventually tracks her down through this alias). When Mike tells her how she can read credit reports to find out if a man is cheating on his wife, Bridget hatches a plan to start selling murders to upset wives. First, she talks Mike into trying to kill her drug-dealing husband under the lie that he’s a cheating wife beater. She later frames Mike for murder and attempted rape."
The three main characters are portrayed by Linda Fiorentino, Peter Berg, and Bill Pullman who all give very good performances. The film was directed by John Dahl.
The following is wikipedia's plot line: "The Last Seduction is a story about a sociopath femme-fatale, Bridget Gregory, who steals a bag of money ($700,000) from her drug-dealing husband Clay. Bridget drives off headed to Chicago when she happens to stop at a small town and meets Mike, a man who recently split with his wife under mysterious circumstances. The two immediately hook up. Bridget is just looking for sex while Mike is trying to find a way out of the small town. Meanwhile, drug dealer Clay gets his thumb broken by the loan shark who is looking for repayment for his loan. Clay, with the help of a private detective, frantically searches for his plotting wife and the money. Back in the small town Bridget changes her name and gets a job at the same insurance company Mike works for. (Her alias "Wendy Kroy" is essentially "New York" spelled backwards; Clay knows of her penchant for backwards spelling and writing and eventually tracks her down through this alias). When Mike tells her how she can read credit reports to find out if a man is cheating on his wife, Bridget hatches a plan to start selling murders to upset wives. First, she talks Mike into trying to kill her drug-dealing husband under the lie that he’s a cheating wife beater. She later frames Mike for murder and attempted rape."