The Crush Movie Review 1993

Wealthy 14-year-old temptress Silverstone (in her debut) develops an obsessive crush on handsome 28-year-old Elwes, who rents her family's guest house. In an attempt to win his heart, she rewrites his poorly composed magazine articles. This doesn't convince him they should mate for life, so she sabotages his apartment to vent her rage. Sound familiar? The plot's lifted right out of "Fatal Attraction" and Shapiro doesn't offer viewers anything inventively different. He does manage to substitute new methods for the spurned lover to snare her prey. Limp plot would have been exciting if we hadn't seen it so many times before.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Obsessive Love, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Teen Angst, Femme Fatale, Erotic Thrillers

Screenplay

Alan Shapiro

Cast

Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith, Gwynyth Walsh, Amber Benson

Cinematography

Bruce Surtees

Director

Alan Shapiro

Music

Graeme Revell

Producer

James G. Robinson, Warner Bros.

Awards

MTV Movie Awards 1994: Breakthrough Perf. (Silverstone), Villain (Silverstone).