A pre-stardom Alicia Silverstone stars in this sleazy Nancy Drew detective update for the '90s. Slobbering for that pulpy Quentin Tarantino touch, this untaut thriller seems less concerned with creepy-crawly suspense than in exploiting ultra-misogynistic brutality.
Eager to pick up the baton of her late policeman father, amateur crime-solver Mary Giordane (Alicia Silverstone) frays the nerves of friends and family by trailing serial killers in print rather than teenage boys at local dances. Her self-anointed sleuth status begins to stick in the craw of Jerry
(Bill Nunn), a father figure/detective, particularly after the murder of Kathleen Donlevy (Alissa Dowdy),...
Released:
1995
Rated:
R
Length:
94 mins