Friday, November 17, 2023 9:30 pm
Crime/Mystery
USA, 1998, 108 min
Language: English
Content Warning: strong sexuality, nudity, language, violence
Director: John McNaughton
Writer: Stephen Peters
Producers: Kevin Bacon, Steven A. Jones, Rodney Liber
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon
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On November 17th, we would love to invite you to Blue Bay (a.k.a. The Broadway Theatre) to partake in a Drunken Cinema screening you and your friends will never forget! Experience all the double-crossing and gratuitous love scenes between the gorgeous cast with an entertaining crowd in a great theatre!
Released in 1998, WILD THINGS is a neo-noir, erotic thriller, cult classic. Set in Blue Bay, Florida. We are introduced to the naive high school guidance counselor, Sam Lombardo (Matt Dillon), accused of sexual assault by two of his students, the sultry Suzie Toller (Neve Campbell) and the mysterious Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards), and Lombardo’s defense attorney Ken Bowden (Bill Murray who adds a layer of wit to the film’s dark undertones). As the legal proceedings unfold, it becomes clear that nothing is as it seems in this steamy tropical paradise, we are kept guessing about the true intentions of our erotic cast of characters.
WILD THINGS is a delightfully sensational, flesh-exposed film that also requires a high degree of love for trash cinema. You’ll scream, you’ll cheer, you’ll be encouraged to do so—after all it’s a WILD THINGS Drunken Cinema.
“Movies such as this either entertain or offend audiences; there’s no neutral ground. Either you’re a connoisseur of melodramatic comic vulgarity, or you’re not. You know who you are.” Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
“Director John McNaughton’s grip is a bawdy mix of suspense, sex and silliness, all served up with a huge tongue sticking in his cheek. It’s a foamy mix, topped off by highly charged performances.” Duane Byrge Hollywood Reporter
“Wild Things is the kind of movie that gives gratuitous sex and violence a good name.” Norman Wilner Toronto Star