The Last Seduction

1994 Mystery & Suspense

Director John Dahl's The Last Seduction is an updated film noir centering around a seductive, cheerfully lethal femme fatale. Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) talks her gullible, easily manipulated, doctor-husband Clay (Bill Pullman) into pulling off a $700,000 drug deal to pay off his gambling debts. But while Clay is in the shower, Bridget quietly leaves with the money. She ends up in a bar in a small town where she meets Mike (Peter Berg) and uses him to further her scheme to keep the money and get rid of her inconvenient husband. Linda Fiorentino was championed by many critics for a Best Actress Academy Award nomination, but neither she nor the movie could be nominated since the film had made its debut on cable television.

Director: John Dahl

Starring: Linda Fiorentino,Peter Berg,Bill Pullman, J.T. Walsh, Bill Nunn

Reviews

  • A devilishly entertaining crime story with a heroine who must be seen to be believed, is as satisfying an ensemble piece as "Red Rock West."

    Elvis Mitchell - The New York Times

    27 April 2013

  • A movie that is not only ingenious and entertaining, but liberating, because we can sense the story isn't going to be twisted into conformity with some stupid formula.

    Roger Ebert - The Chicago Sun-Times

    27 April 2013

  • Directed with playful wit and energy, with steamy sex scenes played as much for laughs as anything else.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

  • Pacing is on the button, and the film moves inexorably, without any flat moments, toward the suspenseful, if morally indefensible, finale.

    David Stratton - Variety

    27 April 2013

  • A steely neo-noir thriller with a nasty comic veneer.

    Rita Kempley - The Washington Post

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Actress

    BAFTA Awards (1995)

     
  • Best Actress

    Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (1994)

  • Best Actress

    Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (1995)

     
  • Best Actress

    Chlotrudis Awards (1995)

     
  • John Dahl

    Cognac Festival du Film Policier (1994)