In The Cut

I'm not a big Meg Ryan fan, but with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kevin Bacon and Mark Ruffalo, I expected more from this movie. Not to mention it is directed by Jane Campion of Piano fame (one of my favorite movies). But this movie tries entirely too hard to be the gritty, sexy indie thriller and just comes off like silly soft porn. Meg Ryan's interactions with the other characters are laughable, and Ruffalo's '70's porn star mustache is beyond distracting. The whole half-sister subplot is creepy and Kevin Bacon's character is completely unnecessary. The details of the movie... the "style"... like costumes, art direction, etc... are decent, but even scene after scene of Mark Ruffalo talking dirty can't save this film.