Trailer+1 trailer
Summary
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+25)
Critics 31Audiences 56GoodWatch 45
Metascore34
Tomatometer28%
User score6.6
IMDb5.9
Letterboxd · 89 K ratings2.9/5
Audience score42%
Box office
2.3×its budget
- Budget
- $6 M
- Worldwide
- $14 M
Worldwide it earned $8 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most thrillers, −15 min on the typical 104
typical 10489Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 109 countries
+99Released
1993
April 2, 1993
33 years ago
Genres
ThrillerDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
MTV Movie & TV Awards1994
- MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance1994Won
- MTV Movie Award for Best Villain1994Won
- MTV Movie Award for Most Desirable Female1994Nominated
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more14 people
- Cary ElwesNick Eliot
- Alicia SilverstoneAdrian Forrester
- Jennifer RubinAmy Maddik
- Kurtwood SmithCliff Forrester
- Amber BensonCheyenne
- Gwynyth WalshLiv Forrester
- DHDeborah HancockSamantha
- Beverley ElliottTex Murphy
- Andrew AirlieDr. Pollard
Sheila PatersonMrs. Tinkerman
Brent ChapmanSteven Tinkerman
James KidnieAttorney
Matthew WalkerMichael
Doug AbrahamsHospital Room Cop
Directing · 1
- Alan Shapiro Director, Writer
Production · 5
- Gary Barber Executive Producer
- James G. Robinson Producer, Presenter
- Marci Liroff Casting, Associate Producer
- Joel Segal Associate Producer
- Michael MacDonald Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Bruce Surtees Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Ian Crafford Editor
Sound · 1
- Graeme Revell Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Michael S. Bolton Production Design
- Paul Joyal Set Decoration
- Eric Fraser Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Sharon Purdy Costume Design
Other crew · 1
- Melissa R. Stubbs Stunt Double
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