FilmRoar

I did not like Femme Fatale (2002) while watching it nearly as much as I did afterwards going over the making of the movie with the featurettes on the DVD. The story that Brian De Palma dreamed up is interesting, but he somehow did not seem to manage to pull it off. The movie is full of cinematographic devices that are interesting to notice through the film and add up as you realize what the sub-text of the movie is telling you about the plot. Watching the movie for clues and cinematography would probably be more fun if the whole production did not have a stale air to it. If you are a fan of De Palma or Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, or if you like watching movies where you have to go back for a second viewing once you realize ‘what was really going on’ you will probably enjoy watching this film. The movie is somehow flawed though; it seems to make a promise of a good and intelligent film that it cannot keep.