not horrible nor great

Excellent but underrated film

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Read some of the titles of the dunce reviewers who gave this gem a 1 - same morons that gave The Shawshank Redemption 10's. They're ridiculous so don't read the morons because it will kill off some brain cells or at least leave you sad. Just saw the movie on HBO GO - where was I when this came out? Anyway,, beautiful film by Jane Campion. Wonderfully cast, Meg Ryan shines - Jennifer Jason Leigh is great as always - Mark Ruffalo fantastic as a NYC homicide detective. The film has it all - just watch it. Suspense, sexual dynamics between men and women, humor, poetry. I loved this film. Straight 8 from beginning to end.

"In the Cut" works pretty well on the level of serial-killer-thriller; some genuinely gripping moments and a well rounded, albeit rather predictable conclusion.But the murder mystery stuff is not where this film really shines. Here is a love story which takes our longing for love and fulfilment and holds it up against a red brothel light. The performances are terrific, the characters are complex and the examination of our sexuality is bold and unflinching.A hostile, seedy world is conjured in dense dream-like atmosphere, where the hope of fairytale romance grows ever more desperate. So it is all the more profound when here amongst the dark, shabby squalor we glimpse truth, purity and beauty.

Ehrrr... It's like "Se7en" for the ladies, maybe? I had mixed feelings about this one, story-wise. I didn't really like the ending, but I did like the very last shot of the film. And besides, this movie's got other things going for it... The cinematography, for example (you guys were expecting me to say something about Meg Ryan going gratuitously nude in this one, right?). By the way, you American DVD-renters got dissed again: the fellatio-scene in the beginning of the movie is cut in the regular rentals. My European version wasn't (but I've heard you guys do have an "Uncut Director's Edition"). Oh, and what was up with the numerous random shots portraying an American flag throughout the whole movie? Anybody got an explanation? Anyway, "In The Cut" is worth a watch, if not alone for the buzz it caused upon its release.

It's different and if you are a Meg Ryan fan then you should check it out.However only if you are willing to watch her go completely out will the boundaries of anything you have come to know and love her in. I hate when i'm watching a film and an actress i love ends up naked without any reason. So yes I see why folk slam this, there is a lot of nudity, most of It Ryan's however it is integral to the story. Admittedly there could have been a lot less of it.I wasn't expecting much given that i though i was sitting down to watch "against the ropes" on the TV. The sexual nature almost made me turn the TV off but the performances from both Ryan and Ruffalo are so engaging. Given a chance the story is also something you can easily get into. By the end of it I loved it.Actors are constantly slammed for not going out there comfort zone, yet here is someone so far out of her "cumfy" zone its like an alternate universe. Handeling it so well, she deserves so much more praise than she ever got.I've never seen another Campion movie but this was handled well and i may look into some more of her work but only if its story out weighs the explicit content.Watch it, only if you are willing to see Ryan do something against type. It's more powerful than any Julia Roberts performance.