Sweet Revenge - Movie Review

Rating: 2 out of 5

Supposedly a black comedy, Sweet Revenge gives us Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Niell, and Kristin Scott Thomas in an asinine homage to Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, with Carter and Neill playing a "game" to drive a nuisance in each other's life over the edge. The comedy is certainly lost with rare exception here, with much of the film playing out while you sit back in your chair, just waiting for some inevitable spin to make it worthwhile in the end. Too bad, there isn't one.

Aka The Revengers' Comedies.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1998

Run time: 103 mins

In Theaters: Wednesday 31st October 1984

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 2 / 5

IMDB: 5.7 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Malcolm Mowbray

Producer: Simon Bosanquet

Screenwriter: Malcolm Mowbray

Starring: Nancy Allen as Jillian Grey, Ted Shackelford as Boone, Martin Landau as Cicero, Sal Landi as Gil, Michele Little as Lee, Gina Gershon as K.C.

Also starring: Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Niell, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan, Simon Bosanquet, Malcolm Mowbray