They have stuck together, seemingly for their daughter Trixie ( Grace Jenkins), but there seems to be little love that remains between the couple. We meet Vic Van Allen (Affleck) and his wife Melinda ( Ana de Armas) deep in the misery of a failed partnership. Ripley, which should give you some idea of the games being played here, “Deep Water” doesn’t waste time with the “happy days” of the Van Allen union. I’m eager to see a reportedly longer version because there’s a lot here that works, including a great Ben Affleck performance and the kind of sexual tension that Americans simply don’t offer in the 2020s.īased on the 1957 novel by Patricia Highsmith, the genius who also wrote Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Will the “Make Movies Sexy Again” crowd give some of the storytelling bumps in “Deep Water” a pass or is this going to be further proof that the subgenre is creatively dead? Early reviews have already been divisive, and there’s no denying that some of this feels like it’s been through editing hell, especially the final act. And the fact that it’s the first film in two decades from the director of “ Fatal Attraction” and “9 ½ Weeks” sets a standard for the film that might lead to disappointment.
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Some corners of the internet have been anticipating this project as a return to “movies for adults,” a genre that has undeniably gone away in the studio production line now that almost every movie has to get a PG-13. There’s a lot of pressure on Adrian Lyne’s “Deep Water,” a film that was basically dumped onto Hulu after Disney bought Fox and had no tolerance for a movie about horny people.
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