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Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Hemiola_78 Like most teenagers in the early/mid 90's it was pretty hard to dislike (or at least ignore) Alicia Silverstone. This movie in particular was advertised on TV for weeks on end in the summer of 93, often enough to remember it nearly 25 years after. I never watched 'The Crush' as a teenager though, which might have been a good thing. When I finally did last week, I couldn't quite understand the fuss it generated upon its release (other than being Alicia's first major role), nor can I explain the amount of criticism it has gathered since. For the most part the main characters (especially the journalist) are somewhat implausible, and the story focuses on depicting her increasingly violent outbursts rather than motivation or inner conflicts. But make no mistake, Alicia is more than convincing as a 14 years old Lolita from hell, being at various times sweet, fragile, manipulative, precocious, overtly sexual, and creepy. The story might not be the most unpredictable you've come across, but it's engaging enough to keep you interested. A significant number of reviews seem to focus on the difference between certain attitudes and production values between early 90's and now rather than the movie itself. Some even go as far as accusing Alan Shapiro of featuring soft core child pornography. I'm curious if the same criticism is leveled against Zeffirelli's 'Romeo and Juliet', for depicting a 14-year old Olivia Hussey (not an older body double) in an even more revealing scene. I guess the weakest point of the movie is the implausibility of the story and of the male character. We know how Adrian and Nick end up being neighbors, but no explanation is given for Adrian being left alone with an adult so frequently. The early 90's might have been more innocent and relaxed times, but not that innocent! As for Nick, he crosses the line so many times we can't decently view him as a victim in the end. It's unclear if he refuses Adrian's advances because he's intimidated/overwhelmed or because they are inappropriate. Indeed, if it wasn't for Amy raising the alarm early on, one wonders how far would Nick have pursued the 'frienship' with Adrian (some scenes which didn't make the DVD cut show Adrian & Nick enjoying a night swim, going for a ride in Nick's car, etc). Take this movie for what it is: not the best erotic thriller of the 90's, perhaps not even Oscar material, but definitely not a trashy, laughable, and exploitative flick either.

videorama-759-859391 I steered away from this movie, cause I got sick and tired of these Fatal Attraction, Single White Female movies. When finally deciding to watch it, I was glad I did. It was one of those movies, I wanted to bop myself on the head for not watching earlier. It's other attribute was short lived star, Silverstone, as the troubled 14 year old lolita, who falls for new renter, Elwes, a journalist, twice her age, and not good so with words, but impeccable, with facts, as his new boss tells him,in words to that effect. One not innocent lingering kiss between him and Silverstone, starts off a another Fatal Attraction type nightmare. Elwes, should of stopped this, before the kiss, where Silverstone did sucker him into this little romantic drive. But if he had done the proper thing, Silverstone still would of been stalking him. Nick (Elwes) a real good character actor, who does his role justice, wasn't really out of line, with improper conduct before this, though. Darian (Silverstone who's just the acting drive in this) isn't a very well girl, and had fixated on someone else in her earlier, with a not so happy result for her victim. She really only has one girl friend, where at school, as she refers, they look at her like some kind of freak. So we can see what her problems are, and why she is vying for this sort of attention. There are moments where we really feel sorry for her, especially at the end, where she's placed back in psyche ward, the fixation on Nick, undying, and then it's a new one, so we see a pattern. Silverstone's wonderful, if magnetic performance is half the reason to watch the film, utterly believable and scary as this obsessed teen with a crush so bad, it's frightening. Her obsession isn't helped with Elwes's work colleague, Amy (Jennifer Rubin- Bad Dreams) is now going with him, really putting a spanner in her works. Anyone who's comes between the victim's obsessed love, pays, and I don't really feel about wasps. They sting. This little cute nifty thriller, that didn't have a cinema release in Adelaide, really runs nicely, with Silverstone just making Elwes life a nightmare, which we hope he will come out on top. Him punching Alicia off a portable merry go round, stored up in her attic, is an amusing tic of a moment. If anything, these movies have taught us, be careful in the starting of friendships, and don't lead the other person on, who could just happen to be a would be psycho.

Irishchatter It's hard to believe that this was Alicia Silverstone's first film she ever did and yet, she killed it with great acting. I like how she is so evil in this, she does remind you of the movie 'Serial mom' which was out a few years after this movie. I suppose that movie pretty much copied this movie, instead of having a young girl being the devil, the mum could be too lol! I do wish that her character and Cary Elwes' were hooked up together in the end because they did make such a couple! Although, I would be pretty scared myself if I ever had a stalker coming after me hehe! Seriously, Darian really does creep you out a bit even if she's beautiful! I absolutely love this movie, its funny, scary and most of all, it has brilliant actors!

Uriah43 "Nick Eliot" (Cary Elwes) has just moved to Seattle and needs a place to stay prior to working as an investigative journalist for a magazine there. He settles on a semi-furnished guest house belonging to a married couple by the name of Cliff Forrester (Kurtwood Smith) and his wife "Liv" (Gwynyth Walsh). Also there is their 14-year-old daughter "Adrian" (Alicia Silverstone) who immediately develops a crush on Nick. Since he is twice her age he figures that her attraction to him is nothing serious. Big mistake. Anyway, as far as this film is concerned it pretty much follows the standard format of any number of similar movies made both before and after. However, what distinguishes this one is the performance of Alicia Silverstone in her very first film debut. Likewise, both Jennifer Rubin (as "Amy") and the aforementioned Cary Elwes also performed quite well too. Again, the story is pretty formulaic but even so I thought it was still enjoyable. Accordingly, I rate this movie as slightly above average.