Femme Fatale Movie Review 2002

DePalma's latest exercise in leering style over substance works because he does stunning, sparkling visuals so well, and because he uses Rebecca Romijn-Stamos to show them off. She's Laure, a sleek jewel thief who, when we first see her, is seducing the diamond-encrusted bra off a supermodel at Cannes. Convoluted heist-doublecross-mistaken-identity plot keeps the surprises coming often enough that you don't have much time to consider their plausibility as Laure goes from thief to grieving widow to ambassador's wife and back, while toying with paparazzo Banderas.

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 112 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Femme Fatale, Not-So-True Identity, Heists: Jewels, Paris, Shutterbugs, Sex & Sexuality

Screenplay

Brian DePalma

Cast

Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Antonio Banderas, Peter Coyote, Gregg Henry, Eriq Ebouaney, Edouard Montoute, Rie Rasmussen, Thierry Fremont

Cinematography

Thierry Arbogast

Director

Brian DePalma

Music

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Other

Jean-Paul Mugel, Francois Groult, Bill Pankow, Denis Renault, Olivier Beriot, Anne Pritchard

Producer

Tarak Ben Ammar, Marina Gefter, Quinta Communications, Warner Bros.