In the Cut Reviews

In the Cut Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: D-)
Fran (Meg Ryan) is a lonely high school teacher who lives above a strip joint in a seedy part of Manhattan. One of the girls who work downstairs is brutally murdered and police detective Malloy (Mark Ruffalo) is on the investigation. He questions Fran...more

In the Cut Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
The clown has always wanted to play Hamlet. Michael Jordan had to try baseball, opera singers can't resist the urge to do pop ballads, actors run for public office, and public officials try their hands at acting. Who can blame Meg Ryan for wanting...more

In the Cut Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper (Rating: 2/5)
IN THE CUT (2003) Rated R; running time 113 minutes Studio: Screen Gems (Sony) Genre: Crime/Thriller Seen at: Eastwood Neighborhood Cinema Group (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/inthecut/ IMDB site:...more

In the Cut Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10)
PLOT: A teacher is questioned about a gruesome murder in her neighborhood. She doesn't know much about it, but did see a guy getting blown in the backroom of a bar by a woman who, as it turns out, might be the victim herself. A local cop investigates the...more

In the Cut Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: D+)
NYC High School teacher Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan) meets a student, Cornelius (Sharrieff Pugh, "Copland"), in a bar to get tips on Black (mostly sexual) slang for a book she's working on. Making her way down to the basement restrooms she spies a man with a...more

In the Cut Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 3/10)
Susan Granger's review of "In the Cut" (Screen Gems) In this cinematic adaptation of Susanna Moore's controversial best-seller, Jane Campion ("The Piano") attempts to craft a torrid psychological suspense thriller but ultimately fails....more

In the Cut Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 2/4)
IN THE CUT, disastrously directed by Jane Campion, is a DOA thriller that, when it should be boiling, can't even warm up to a slow simmer. The polar opposite of an edge-of-your-seat production, it is a leaden film that is liable to put you to sleep in...more

In the Cut Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 6/10)
There's good news and bad news about In the Cut, both on and off the screen. Good news: The swelling in Meg Ryan's lips looks like it has subsided a bit in the film. Bad news: In real life, they've been re-inflated and are as big as monster truck tires....more