Dearly Devoted

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Her pale, Saltine skin contrasts from her candy red lipstick, which seems to be the most important prop of the film forget "schindler's list" and "glitter", hollywood should remaster this as a special edition 2 disc collector's set Why didn't she win the Oscar?!?! McGowan has such grace and posture on screen as the late Gloria Stuart (or at least I think she's dead) It's good to know that the now superstar of the hit soap opera "charmed" once was in a hit drama this a perfect cross between "braveheart" and "who's that girl" with a little "from justin to kelly" to throw in for proper measure the scene with clint eastwood will blow you away a love scene has not touched me as well as one has with "psycho" GO ROSE!

I saw this late night on cinemax and thought it to be soft-core because the digital cable guide said it was, but found out that it was basically just a movie with all the bad acting of late night cinemax. Don't really understand why the little added twist that the writers threw in just to come full circle and completely fulfill the cheeziness meter of the movie was used. I think a monkey with a pen could have matched that ending. Sort of interesting knowing that the main actress is twisted enough in real life to marry marilyn manson, but other than that id say this movie had nothing but guilty pleasures ala springer. So if you find yourself alone on a Saturday night because your woman (or man) is at home with the flu and just happen to see this come on hbo or cinemax (i couldn't even imagine trying to stomach any kind of edited version of this thing, then give it a try until you find yourself either asleep or wishing for the flu yourself.

Ever since the phenomenally weird "The Doom Generation" I've had a wicked crush on Rose McGowan. Her natural bad-girl charisma and sexily shaped chin make her one of the most enticing actresses of her generation. Her starring in "Dearly Devoted" was therefore the sole reason I had for checking out the film, as you can already derive from the DVD-cover that it's a standard, by-the-numbers and rehashed nineties thriller. With its main theme of "dangerously seductive teenage femme fatale", "Dearly Devoted" is similar to "Poison Ivy" (starring Drew Barrymore) and "Wild Things" (starring Denise Richards) and almost identical to "The Crush" (starring Alicia Silverstone). Following the suspicious death of Debbie Strand's mother and her lover in a fire, the seemingly confused teenage girl is put under the custody of her strictly Catholic grandmother. At her new school, Debbie doesn't make a whole lot of friends, but she does fall in love with the hunky literature teacher Peter Rinaldi. It quickly becomes obvious that Debbie isn't your average high school girl, but an obsessive and deranged psychopath who kills in order to get what she wants. "Dearly Devoted" is identical to "The Crush" because the male protagonists go through exactly the same hell. They attempt to befriend their jailbait admirers and narrowly resist all the sexual allusions, but when they actually physically reject them down, both their private as professional lives turn into a living nightmare. "Dearly Devoted" is predictable and not at all suspenseful, but at least it's never boring and the female eye-candy compensates for the unoriginality. The twist-in-the-end is not exactly groundbreaking, neither, but at least it managed to trick me for a minute or so. Rose McGowan was 25 years old for this role in which she depicts an underage schoolgirl, but that's alright, because she looks terrific in all those skimpy outfits. Apparently there's also a sequel, but it doesn't star Rose.

Hard to believe so many liked this awful flick. Plot was usual stalker stuff, no surprise there. Stalker being an unattractive teeny bop-per who chases her teacher, a typical LMN leading man that is clueless to all around him. Sir, this bimbo is killing people all around you. This is so unreal as to believability. People missing and two detectives are going around trying to trace a fire years back. One by one this homely bitch does away with her competition. Won't tell you who although I'm tempted just so you won't have to sit through this trivial. Doesn't the neighbor realize their son is missing? That no one sees the grandmother around, etc, etc. Rose McGowan was dreadful and far from attractive for this viewer to believe anyone would want her even for a conversation. Dressed to the nines in short skirts and bras, she's supposed to be a turn on to the guys. Doesn't seem to do her much good. Alex McArthur as the teacher unfortunately had to deal with a stupid plot and equally stupid actress. J C Brandy as his girl friend did much better and brought some reality to force. Peg Shirley as the grandmother was so overacted you had to laugh at her. All others were lost in a losing movie with a loser playing the leading lady. Forget it.

Extremely standard story (high school girl has un-reciprocated crush on teacher, turns psycho, ruins his life) and average acting and scripting do not a quality movie make. The only point of interest in these stories is whether or not the teacher actually sleeps with the student prior to the 'psycho' phase of the movie. Here he does not, so his 'flaw' is limited to a couple of leering glances. Rose McGowan does look pretty good in her halter top / shorts combo, but not enough to justify this movie. Pass.

I really liked this as a piece of late night trashy noir cable junk because it pushed the extremes of bad taste. I saw it late at night and was impressed with the sharp dialog and witty put-downs uttered by its femme fatale protagonist, Debbie Strand (in a wonderfully vampy and campy performance from Rose McGowan). Yes, the set-up is contrived and the outcome is cheesy but along the way I was impressed with the audacity of the film's comic-book nastiness and the sheer determination of the protagonist to get what she wanted. However, what's most disappointing is the end, which merely opens the way for another film, without truly exploring why Debbie Strand did what she did. Another annoying trait in these films is to resolve issues in an unambiguous manner, usually absolving the complicity of the lead male. A simple-minded, formulaic tale saved by Rose McGowan and some witty one-liners. As for the rest, cable fodder.

I love this movie. Back in 98 I was up late watching t.v. and noticed that a movie called DEVIL IN THE FLESH was on. I turned to it and was hooked in an instant. I started watching it because Rose Mcgowan was in it, but it turned out to be great. It was mature, exciting, and funny. I give it a 10/10.

Devil in the Flesh is set in Los Angeles & starts as a fire destroys teenager Debbie Strand's (Rose McGowan) house, to make matters worse her mother was inside at the time & she was killed. Social services places Debbie with her strict & religious Grandmother Fiona (Peg Shirley), Debbie is sent to a new school too where she meets hunky creative writing teacher Peter Rinaldi (Alex McArthur) & falls in love with him although Rinaldi does not have the same feelings for Debbie. Being a bit of a psycho Debbie decides to get rid of her mean old Gran & uses her body to try to seduce Rinaldi but when that doesn't work Debbie has to use more devious & ever more sinister methods to get her man... Also quite commonly known under the alternate title Dearly Devoted this Fatal Attraction (1987) style wannabe was directed by Steve Cohen & in my humble opinion is absolutely terrible under any name, to say I really hated Devil in the Flesh is an understatement. The basic plot about a teenage whacked out stalker chick having a crush on a much older guy was already done in the Alicia Silverstone flick The Crush (1993) & Poison Ivy (1992) & all the main clichés are recycled to little effect here. There's the dressing in as little clothing as possible, breaking into his house, trying to break the guy & his girlfriend up & various other schemes which turn increasingly violent. The scripting is a mess, various subplots are started but never really come to fruition like the basketball game Rinaldi & a slack student play, the two cops investigating the fire just end up disappearing, a child abuse angle goes nowhere as well as the rivalry between Debbie & blonde bimbo Meegan. I also hated the character of Debbie who just felt unlikable as she kills a dog for no reason & comes across as a selfish uncaring bitch with no redeeming features. Nothing that is set-up in Devil in the Flesh ever pays off & a really weak climax where basically nothing happens doesn't help either, at over 90 minutes it more than outstays it's welcome & I can honestly say I was bored out of my skull by it & was considering playing some Tetris on my mobile phone but I decided to endure it to the end so never let it be said I never gave it a chance. Apparently Devil in the Flesh premiered on an obscure cable telly channel & that's about it was good for to be honest, there's no excitement or violence or much in the way of tension. Also I actually felt a little uncomfortable watching this at times since it's stated several times that Debbie is a minor yet she hardly wears any clothes, I guess the paedophiles out there might enjoy the really boring sequences of Debbie walking down the street flicking her hair or trying to look sexy while dressed in next to nothing while some terrible music plays on the soundtrack but I didn't. This looks like the drab made for telly flick that it is with a soft natural yet boring look about it. The acting isn't up to much here, even though she was playing a minor here Rose McGowan was actually twenty five when she filmed this. The rest of the cast features no-one of any note as far as I am aware. Devil in the Flesh is a film which I hated, I really did & it was just about everything about it. I will be generous & give it two stars out of ten because some of the girls are pretty hot but otherwise this is a stinker of the highest order as far as I am concerned. Followed by a sequel called Teacher's Pet (2000).