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I rented and watched KILLING ME SOFTLY on DVD and giggled throughout the movie. It's so unintentionally funny, and silly and stupid and pointless, that I'm sure people in the near future will look back at this as camp. The film stars Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes. Heather's character goes though a number of things or does things that are totally divorced from logic. She marries a man she hardly knows and the rest of the film is spent on her trying to know her husband's suspicious past. (If Heather's character had tried to get to know him first before marrying him there wouldn't have been a movie). Heather's role is funny and oddly endearing at the same time. She tries so hard but the whole thing is so silly that her efforts are all for naught. In EVERY scene, Heather is seen with her big doe-like eyes, dropping her clothes at any given moment, looking totally befuddled. The scene when the reporter faxes her the strange messages at her office, which is supposed to be filled with apprehension, is very funny. As is the scene when Heather pretends to be a reporter from The Guardian. Or the scene when Joseph ties her down on the kitchen table, which is simply priceless. Heather, bound to the table, doesn't look terrified or stressed, she looks bored and annoyed. The entire scene is truly out of this world. After seeing it, I wondered "What was that all about?" If your new husband ties you up on the kitchen table and starts going crazy, well, there's a good chance that the marriage won't last long. As for Joseph Fiennes, well, he looks, hmm, weird. I think the director was intimidated by Joseph. It seems the director didn't know how to film him at all. And because of this, his character/performance is WAY over-the-top.

The story (or lack thereof) is so obvious, the moment the "villain" appears on screen I knew it. The revelation of the villain's motives made me laugh out loud. It's supposed to be shocking and twisted but it had me in hysterics. Add to this the fact that the director literally took the meaning of title and applied this to the film's script/action, and everything about this film ends up looking truly silly. Everything is treated just so softly (like when Heather is tied to the table). Imagine a S&M movie directed with the soft touch of a bunny rabbit.

Many scenes look like they were rushed (the mountain climbing scenes). In one scene, you can see Fiennes looking straight at the camera for a split second. The direction is not really good. The look of the film is sometimes interesting. Some scenes where cool but the whole ultra-hip look of the film will positively date it in a matter of years. The office where Heather works looks like a place where the Teletubies would feel at home. Everything about KILLING ME SOFTLY is hilarious. It's pure camp.

"Killing Me Softly" tells of a couple who has sex, gets married, and then has problems because she (Graham) grows increasingly suspicious of him (Fiennes) whom she never really got to know before the marriage (duh). On the downside, the film has a thin story full of plot holes and implausibilities with ponderous music which is always off target and a perfectly awful school girl performance by Graham. On the upside, it's a good shoot with good camera work and lots of Graham skin. Overall, "Killing Me Softly" is a classy loser only for the less discerning viewer who wants a little suspense (very little) to zone to. (C)

I fail to understand why all the critics are coming down on this film with such vicious fury. Granted, this is not a Hitchcockian masterpiece, but please, give the movie a break. The same critics give decent marks for movies which are really way below this one, and sometimes even to pure trash, as long as they have a good Hollywood pedigree. Well, this one may not have the proper pedigree, but I nevertheless found it to be a very decent thriller, one that kept me interested and on edge most of the time, had a plausible story, and one whose ending was not totally predictable (which is more than you can say for most thrillers nowadays).

All in all, a good evenings entertainment for adults, well worth watching.

This film is not a very good movie.

A lot of implications are arranged but none of them does not work at the end. No interrelative and multi layered ending.

Killing Me Softly W/ Heather Graham Rating: DUD

The main reason I picked this movie was because it was unrated and had Heather Graham in a starring role. Would that translate into hot love making scenes? YES! I no longer have to use my imagination to see what she looks like having sex with no clothes on. Aside from that, the movie totally blew chunks. Plus, she's not really a great actess if you haven't noticed. But if your looking for a semi-porno movie without the shame of actually renting one, this is IT!

There are many implausibilities in this movie. This is not exactly erotica, nor is it drama (the characters barely speak and considering that, the expressions are not enough). HG's character, Alice, seems too cute to be sexy and adventurous.

Also, I have watched many films with similar endings, so I could guess it much earlier. However, the red herrings were nice.

I couldn't understand the loose end of Alice's boyfriend seen with her colleague.

Overall, I feel that this film's premise could have been explored on film much better than how it was. And the acting was rather on the poorer side.

Firstly, a look on the bright side: You might like this movie if you are in the mood for some trash thriller with outstanding awful performances of otherwise capable actors in a nice setting with a pretty and well-dressed Heather Graham. It could also deliver some funny embarrassing moments if watching this movie on a first date. Thus it scores 2 points.

Watching this movie in a theater at a sneak preview and thus knowing nothing about it, the ridiculous mixture of plot, dialogues and attitude of the main characters lead us to the misinterpretation that we were seeing a satire. Only after about 20 minutes we realized that it was just a stunningly bad thriller. We still had some fun and good laughs. I wonder what it takes to make an actor like Joseph Fiennes to play so poorly. Maybe he, too, thought this was meant to be a satire.

Terrific portrayal of a love between two people, Joseph Fiennes' and Heather Graham's characters. The scenes involving their sexual exploits and honey moon were magnificent. The darker side of the movie involved a suspicion that Fiennes' character was a murderer and Graham's character was the next victim. Not so! The twist at the end was reminiscent of Alfred Hitchock's movies and the Iron Sides TV shows with Ramon Burr. Remember them??? Great movie to watch and easy to get involved with. Highly recommend viewing.

This is not a good thriller, not a good romance, and really just not a good movie.

Though Heather Graham does a nude scene, which is a selling point for many, she is such a bad actress throughout the rest that it is painful to watch. It seems that she feels furrowing her brow is all it takes to register confusion, fear, sadness, concern, and anger. Joseph Fiennes is acceptable, but really reduced to glowering most of the movie.

The only real suspense is whether you guessed the correct killer about 30 minutes into the movie.

It is painful to watch and not really one to waste your time on. Even Heather Graham fans eager to see some brief nudity will most likely be disappointed.

She may be one of the most beautiful women ever at that age. She was so 'real' as well, good acting by both she and Fienes. Sexy and spooky. Good Flick def better than a 5.5 rating.

Director's at his worst in his pathetic attempt on mainstream American movies, but ending up as something for midnight class-B soft core porno flicks shown on Cinemax.

It is a great shame that the director had lived in the USA for a while in the late 1980's and frequently revisited USA after that, but his impression of USA is no different than the typical Chinese who had never been to USA, at least from what was shown in this film: The only thing about USA is SEX. Too bad that imdb does not have any negative scores, which this film properly deserves, well, you can give it a zero considering the sacrifice the actors and actress made, and adding the sex scenes, a score of one is the max.

This first clumsy attempt of the director on USA mainstream movies may just as well be his last, but, on the positive side, it opened a door of great opportunities for him in the class-B midnight soft core porno flicks.

This is a sexual, psycho, murder mystery. Alice (Heather Graham) is an American in London who is in a relationship and living with a nice enough guy, but she's bored. One day on her way to work she and Adam Joseph Fiennes) see one another on the street and can't stop watching one another.

Adam leads Alice on a sexual adventure, one in which she can't be without in the beginning, but eventually fears. Adam a mountain climber is a man of mystery, both in where he goes and who he knows.

Interesting film, but not everyone's taste, might want to preview this one before watching it with someone, definitely not for family viewing.

Ah, Erotic Drama, last bastion of the predictably dire film... Killing Me Softly is a half-assed attempt at an erotic mystery with no redeeming features whatsoever (unless you consider a glimpse of Heather Graham's breasts to be worth two hours of torture). Fiennes appears to be being paid by the word (he maybe says twenty during the entire movie) and is limited to grunts and baleful stares, Graham appears to be trying not to laugh most of the time, and the plot twist is by turns obvious and ludicrous.

Quite possibly one of the worst films i have ever had the misfortune of being subjected to. Predictable, dull... just plain stupid yep.. this film has it all! They could have sold advertising space on the backs of Fiennes and Graham we saw so much of them. A truly awful film experience. In fact i had a good laugh that the so called film maker expected that films like this can still be rolled out to the general public. Avoid this at all costs, or perhaps buy a copy for someone u don't like!!

I can't believe this movie isn't higher rated. It certainly reminds me of the best of Alfred Hitchcock's stories. Heather Graham is one my personal favorite actress. I would watch anything she does.

It is interesting how some of the same images purposely created by Hitchcock are used in this movie too. The same kinds of plot twists. Although different in context, they are similar enough to the same memorable emotions. I guess this is what defines a film genre.

OK....I have to say at first, I was attracted by the hot sex scenes like most people, and that's how I get to know this movie first. But after watching it, I can just say I love it. There are more than great sex scenes in this movie; including the change of the intimate relationship between the two characters. The movie is also quite tense, and I can't describe how the ending moved me. The ending was so so sad and almost get me in tears. The music in this movie is great as well. There are a lot of details in the movie for the audience to discover (the way-out signs all over in the movie). People shouldn't just focus on the hot sex scene, cuz this movie is just great.

"Killing Me Softly" has one of those scripts that just don't give the audience a break - not only does it set up an improbable situation, but the big "twist" at the end is also mind-numbingly predictable (unless perhaps you haven't seen a thriller before in your life). The chemistry between the two leads is also lacking; Fiennes brings some physical magnetism to his role but as far as his acting is concerned, he's an inexpressive bloke, while Heather Graham is ALL TOO expressive - she overemphasizes every emotion her character is supposed to feeling by making faces at the camera. Besides, she's not even that attractive; even her co-star in this particular film, Natascha McElhone, blows her out of the water in that department. In spite of all that, Chen Kaige's direction is good, and he creates some suspenseful moments. So I give the film a generous "** out of 4" rating.

Alice (Heather Graham) is an American website designer living in London with the engineer Jake (Jason Hughes). Their life is a routine, they love each other and Jake wants to marry her. One morning, while going to her work, she meets the climber Adam (Joseph Fiennes), and immediately they have a great sex, feeling lust for each other. A couple of days later, Alice decides to leave Jake and meets Adam's sister Deborah (Natascha McElhone), and they become friends. Then, Adam and Alice are in love for each other and decide to get married. While living together, Alice receives some anonymous letters and realizes that she does not know anything about Adam's past, and she suspects he killed his former girlfriends. This erotic thriller has a very predictable end. I do not understand why Heather Graham accepted such a role. She is an excellent actress and does not need to undress so many times like along in this film. I hate the idiot face of Joseph Fiennes, who looks like the horrible Christopher Lambert, only younger. The plot is very predictable: how many thrillers show a woman who meets a guy, fall in love with him and then realizes that he is a psycho, maniac, killer etc.? I indeed was very disappointed and expected much more from Heather Graham and Natascha McElhone. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): `Mata-me de Prazer' (`Kill me of Pleasure')

This movie was sexy, yet a little disturbing.

Heather Graham portrays an American who recently moved to London. She has a nice, safe relationship with her boyfriend, an Englishman who is very reliable. You can tell that they are both comfortable with each other, but because of that their romance has died off and has made things quite boring. One day, she encounters Adam, a mysterious man on the street. The looks they give each other are lustful and very intense. What chemistry! The looks itself were sexy and erotic! And can I just say...Joseph Fiennes is one helluva sexy man! Oh my goodness! He can play the hopeless romantic in Shakespeare in Love and the dangerous rugged type in this film.

Well anyway...they get involved in a very obssessive, sexual relationship. They get right down to business...the scenes are like whoa! Sexy Sexy Sexy! Eventually, all the lust turns into love. However, they know very little about each other which drives Graham's character, Alice, mad. Unexpected secrets are revealed...and believe me! they BIG secrets...which starts to crumble their affair.

I liked this movie a lot! It's not Oscar worthy...but its worth your time. This movie has a lot to offer...romance, sex, lust, drama, thrill, and most of all...entertainment!