Miranda
2002
Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and dominatrix. But which one is the .. Read more
| Starring | Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt |
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| Director | Marc Munden |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Miranda
Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and dominatrix. But which one is the real Miranda?
| Starring | Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt, Julian Rhind-Tutt |
|---|---|
| Director | Marc Munden |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 02 Apr 2004 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (4)
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Grubby, artificial and showcasing one of Christina Ricci's worst performances to date, this dull British embarrassment should be filed next to Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis. Supposedly a comedy romance, but featuring little of either, this terrible muddle stars John Simm (in another totally unappealing turn) as Frank, a librarian who falls in love with the enigmatic Miranda (Ricci), only to learn she's a conwoman. Even when director Marc Munden shifts this listless mediocrity into tepid thriller territory — some sleazy nonsense involving Miranda's procurer/mentor John Hurt and awkwardly tasteless S&M scenes with her blackmail target Kyle MacLachlan — artistic mistake rapidly follows cliché with the whole flaccid farrago becoming more indigestible by the second. Completely uninteresting and inept, Miranda wouldn't even pass as enjoyably bad TV drama.
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Risible romantic drama that gets sillier by the minute; it attempts to be a comedy and an erotic thriller, and becomes a witless, unlovely mess.
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18 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Quirky Little Indie
This film received awful reviews when it came out, similar to the more highly profiled Madonna movie Swept Away and Jo Lo's Gigli. But unlike those two films, this is not a turkey. It is a charming, funny romantic drama about a librarian who falls for an American con artist. It is the two leads which make this film work. It is good to see Christina Ricci back in Indie films and she and John Simm make the two lead characters believable. This is important because the storyline is very fragile and the film ONLY works because of the chemistry between the leads. Not brilliant, but a cosy way to spend 90 minutes.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
misunderstood but with alot of charm
This film tries to do something quite original which earned it some dire reviews upon release. It takes the tired old cliche of the heist/con/gangster's long suffering girlfriend subplot and makes it the central plot and the con the subplot. It then reverses the sexs to make the wimpy girl John Simms and the magnetic conartist Ricci. Injected into this is some entertaining brit com- Julien Rhind-tutt is fantastic- and some clever dialogue. The film's main failing has to be Simms rather too lucky jim type character which can prove alienating. Either way this is an interesting failure or a minor little gem.
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Miranda
Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and ...
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