The thriller Femme Fatale is overheated, exploitative, nonsensical and by turns silly, unintentionally comical and for long stretches, even dull.

Beginning with a ludicrous jewel heist (by means of a gratuitous lesbian scene) at the Cannes film festival, a bit of gun play, betrayal and flight, Femme Fatale is another De Palma triumph of style over substance... Read more of this post