Antonio Banderas, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Peter Coyote, Eriq Ebouaney, Edouard Montoute, Rie Rasmussen
Director:
Brian De Palma
Writer:
Brian De Palma
Plot:
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos plays Laure Ash, the femme fatale in question, a woman who is hired to rob $10 million in diamonds right off a model's back at a fashion show. She pulls off the heist but then makes off with the loot herself, hoping to leave her life of crime behind. She reinvents herself as a married woman, but when a photographer (Antonio Banderas) takes a snapshot, her cover is blown.
"De Palma — a master of kinky, delirious visuals — hooks you good....." -- Rolling Stone ( Read Review )
"While De Palma continues to engage tropes used by Hitchcock and Argento before him, the intellectualism, experimentalism and overall delirium with which he teases and attacks these tropes is remarkable to behold in Femme Fatale....." -- Slant Magazine ( Read Review )
"a cinematic experience on par with Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls....." -- Filmcritic ( Read Review )
"nothing short of a disaster — easily one of the worst movies of the year....." -- Reel Views ( Read Review )
" can't stand on its own merits because it doesn't have any...." -- TV Guide ( Read Review )
