Directed by:
Katt SheaCinematography:
Phedon PapamichaelComposer:
David Michael FrankCast:
Sara Gilbert, Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd, Alan Stock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeanne Sakata, Time Winters, Mary Gordon MurrayPlots(1)
Ivy (Drew Barrymore) the sexy, streetwise new girl in a posh private school, will do anything to fit in. Sylvie (Sara Gilbert) rich, smart, but misunderstood-needs a friend. When Ivy is invited into Sylvie's privileged world, she is instantly intrigued. Sylvie's father (Tom Sherritt) is a handsome TV newscaster; her mother (Cheryl Ladd) is a beautiful Beverly Hills wife. Yet tensions in the home run deep - providing a license for malice that Ivy is quick to seize (official distributor synopsis)
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Poison Ivy isn’t exactly a classic thriller, but it is a film with a certain idea behind it. The fact that the tension is minimal here is another matter. Clearly, making a suspenseful film isn't that simple, even though Alfred Hitchcock managed to do it quite often. True, not every Hitchcock film is straightforward and they tend to also lack surprises, but at least they meet the average standard.
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