Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena

1993
Suspense/Thriller
1h 47m
Fantasy and desire are unleashed in this haunting, erotic tale of love, lust and obsession. Nick Cavanaugh (Sands) is a brilliant surgeon who seems to have it all -- money, prestige, looks -- everything except Helena (Fenn), a voluptuous, cold-hearted seductress. After a one-night stnad with Nick, she refuses his advances, but he continues to pursue her... (imdb)
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Boxing Helena

1993
Suspense/Thriller
1h 47m
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Rated 22 Sep 2017
22
11th
I Have No Soul, And I Must Cringe
Rated 01 Mar 2007
40
19th
Poor.
Rated 09 Jul 2007
1
10th
Well, this is what happens when an idiot tries to make an "art movie." Hilarious misogynist trash, borne almost entirely out of nepotism. Pair it with Cronenburg's Crash for a fun "good art film/bad art film" double-header.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
7th
Something makes me want to see redeeming qualities in the work of Jennifer Lynch, but there is no reasonable way that this can be described as good.
Rated 28 Apr 2010
30
6th
and then the little boy woke up in the morning and discovered it was only a dream... a dream... a dream...
Rated 17 Sep 2007
50
22nd
2 solid performances but a silly film
Rated 30 Nov 2007
74
72nd
Underestimated Jennifer Lynch movie. Superb role of (as well) underestimated Sherilyn Fenn. Julian Sands sucks though!
Rated 22 Apr 2008
64
56th
This makes some typical, self-indulgent mistakes for a 90's erotic thriller that do detract significantly from the overall quality; it's still a laudably original film. Plus it's atmospheric, I like the message, and the cast is good. I have no idea what Bill Paxton was shooting for with his performance in this, but it's very entertaining. The mansion it was shot in is lovely, too.
Rated 25 Jul 2008
1
0th
hahaha
Rated 06 Sep 2008
14
8th
bad movie
Rated 11 Sep 2009
45
25th
solid performances by paxton and fenn, but overall the film misses it's mark
Rated 18 Jan 2010
80
60th
Now that is romance that I like- coupled with obsession and deviance. It's original because it's the only feature-film that I'm aware off that deals with amputation and obsessive romantic love. Almost all the characters were unique and new. (Well, except Helena's lover in my opinion, but you can't have them all:) ). All in all it's a really fresh take on romance and love.
Rated 08 Sep 2010
14
3rd
#90s(m)#, Sherilyn F!
Rated 23 Sep 2010
10
3rd
I kind of liked the concept, but it's a terrible script and the actors are subpar.
Rated 15 Oct 2010
70
16th
I found this to be an enjoyable film for its unique take on obsession and romance, but the ending completely ruined it for me.
Rated 02 Dec 2010
30
9th
Strange and strangely boring iirc.
Rated 01 Jan 2011
75
43rd
Not as worthless as you may have heard.
Rated 28 Mar 2011
65
42nd
was juliar sands really that bad or was he just playing it? :-///
Rated 10 Apr 2011
85
60th
I'm almost afraid to watch this movie again. I remember watching it prepared to hate it and instead going, "Eureka! I get what you are saying Jennifer Lynch!" Clearly I'm a party of one. I also found some parts hysterically funny although I'm still not clear if that was the intention.
Rated 31 Jul 2011
60
20th
Top badass moment? Given that the main male character (a psycho surgeon) is probably in the Top 10 Wusses of All Time, I'm afraid I'm going to have to go with Helena's bitchy behaviour towards the good doctor at his party, where she paddles in the fountain (in that way only sexy women in movies can) and then goes off with his friend, right in front of him. Crushing someone's ego entirely is baddass, (even though it's really, really mean too). 0 cats. 0 decapitations.
Rated 20 Jun 2012
60
13th
Talk about cop out endings...
Rated 08 Aug 2014
30
0th
It's bad...really bad, but there's something to it..............maybe it's just Miss Fenn, I don't know.
Rated 03 Oct 2017
10
0th
A única coisa que salva nesse filme é a música Woman In Chains do Tears for Fears. De resto, abismal.
Rated 01 May 2020
30
7th
90'ların Temel İçgüdü (Basic Instinct) ile zirve yapan erotik gerilim rüzgârından pay alayım, şöyle saplantılı bir aşk hikayesi anlatayım derken güldüren acemilikte sahnelerin kaynadığı, türün Gecenin Rengi (Color of Night) ile sonunu getiren bir film. Yaşı 40'a gelenler çocukluğundan sansürlü halini hayal meyal hatırlayacaktır. İyi ki Kim Basinger oynamaktan vazgeçmiş. Aman aman.
Rated 17 Nov 2021
20
2nd
Interesting premise with potential but the execution was astonishingly bad.
Rated 03 Jan 2022
70
58th
Boxing Helena is misunderstood and deserves more respect: https://youtu.be/seNZoM_PT-s
Rated 16 Jan 2022
5
5th
So sooo bad. It's bad the whole way through and if you make it to the end, urgh, it somehow gets worse.

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