Product Details

• Actors: Dominique Swain, Henry Thomas, Arie Verveen, James Urbaniak, Karen Allen
• Directors: Zev Berman
• Writers: Deborah Pryor
• Producers: Sam Froelich, Andrea Magder, Brian Gerber, Jake Froelich, Lauren Moews
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Screen Media
• DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001I2CHK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,584 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Inez Macbeth (Dominique Swain) is married to Edgar (Henry Thomas), a violent petty thief with big ambitions. When her loveless marriage leads to an affair with a gentle young lawyer, Edgar retaliates by brutally holding her captive with the help of his best friend Flowers (Arie Verveen). With time running out, Inez concocts a desperate escape, but does she have the guts to do what it takes? Sometimes love hurts, sometimes it kills.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Macbeths of Southern Virginia, May 14, 2004

By A Customer

Perhaps not everybody's cup of tea, but I loved this movie. Intense from the outset. I did not find any of the characters to be particularly likeable. The title aptly describes the squalid lives of most of the main characters. A visually rich film with some nice twists in the story. Henry Thomas ("Elliot" from E.T.) turns in a particularly outstanding performance of explosive menace. Dominique Swain (as Inez Macbeth) fills the screen with her sensuality - a battered lady Macbeth who instead of manipulating her husband, manipulates others to carry out her dark wishes. Arie Verveen is just plain creepy (and dirty). Hard to think of apt comparisons in the filmaking style, but one that comes to mind is perhaps a touch of David Lynch - especially with some of the grimy and creepy visual touches.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way under the radar, May 10, 2004

By A Customer

Like other great movies that fall way under the radar, this movie appeals to a specific audience called movie fanatics! If you are a movie fanatic, this movie is not to be missed.

The performances of Dominique Swain and Arie Verveen will haunt you. Just like her character in "Lolita", Swain once again fills the screen with overpowering sensuality and intensity. I have never seen Arie Verveen before but I am now obsessively seeking out his other movies. His character is a beautiful, hypnotic redneck. Yes, I used beautiful and redneck in the same sentence!

See this movie now!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the deep South!!, July 4, 2008

By	angelgun6 (California) - See all my reviews

I came across this movie on the LMN, and I loved it!! I was sucked right into this movie from the beginning, and caught myself wondering why isn't she doing this, or why doesn't she do that? I love Dominique Swain, and she was brilliant as a poor southern girl, and her friendship with her fortune teller friend was great, but the only part that really bugged me was WHY WAS SHE SO FILTHY THROUGH THE WHOLE MOVIE? I don't mean a filthy mouth, I mean, she obviously NEVER took a bath. EVER. I wanted to reach into the movie and throw her into the river myself.
I don't recommend this movie for everyone, I personally love everything about the south, and this movie has IT ALL! The accents, the messy house out in the bayou, the mental stalking crazy guy, the abusive husband,... if you like that kind of thing, this is the movie for you, but if not, you might want to invest in a movie like,... Girl, where Dominique is clean and sweet.