Fierce People
Griffin Dunne
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Plot Summary
Raising a child in New York City proves daunting for a massage therapist (Diane Lane), especially when the father is miles away in South America conducting field work on the Yanomamo tribe, also known as "fierce people." When a rich family wants to hire her as a personal masseuse, she accepts, thinking it'll shield her teenage son from the troubles of a more pedestrian life. But tragedy soon teaches her that high society is a jungle too.
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
TOMATOMETER
24%- Reviews Counted: 46
- Fresh: 11
- Rotten: 35
- Average Rating: 4.7/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: When F. Scott Fitzgerald remarked that the rich "are different from you and me," he might have been thinking of someone like the moody billionaire from Fierce People.
Rotten: Fierce People is based on a forced premise: the idea that a family of super-rich New Jersey eccentrics is like a tribe to be studied anthropologically. None of the characters resembles any creature you'd discover in nature, however.
Rotten: The idea that rich people are an alien tribe is just one of many that get lost in Wittenborn's distracted script.
Rotten: There are lots of potent things floating around in it -- sexual initiation, drugs, fantasy-land wealth, brute violence, primitive rituals, Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland -- but the mix just sits there without producing any notable reactions.
Customer Reviews
OMFG
This movie is amazing! I love Kristen Stewart; she is so good in this film. Sutherland and Lane are a wonderful duet! It is intense and provacative with a hint of mystery! Rent it NOW!!
Awesome!
Love Kristen Stewart (only reason I watched this movie) and I'm so glad I got to see this! It was awesome, kristen stewart was brillant along with her co-stars. Very comical but a drama at the same time, theres even a bit of CSI in there. I reccomended it to everyone
Great Movie
Kristen Stewart is my favorite actress, and she showed why with her performance in this film surrounded by more experienced actors.
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- $9.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 2008
- © 2005 Fierce People Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
