Back in the day, my mom put on Poison Ivy for my sister and I cause she thought it was a movie about camp. It lasted about 3 minutes, until the dumpy main character, Sylvie, (played by Sara Gilbert, Darlene from Roseanne) said "lips are supposed to be a perfect reflection of another part of a woman's anatomy." Click.
This is such a piece of trash that I'm surprised the Roseanne people didn't have more of a problem with Darlene starring in it right in the middle of their third season (a la whats-her-name from 7th Heaven posing in Maxim). An "erotic thriller" that's neither erotic nor thrilling, Ivy stars Drew Barrymore as the title character as a wrong-side-of-the-tracks girl (scholarship is code for poor) who moves in on Sylvie and her family. She kills her emphysema-ridden mom and sleeps with her gross dad (Tom Skerritt), including a scene featuring his pale, thrusting butt which may be the least sexy thing ever in life. My notes read "ew, you can see his butt."
Drew is pretty good in this, though miles away from her flowers and sunshine persona of today. I think this was her major comeback vehicle post-rehab--the only titles I recognize after it on her IMDB are the Amy Fisher Story (also 1992) and then that bit-part in Wayne's World II. And then her career seems to pick up again in 1994-5 with Bad Girls, Boys on the Side and of course, Scream.
Anyways, though not erotic nor thrilling, it was definitely entertaining, probably because of my unabashed love for badass teen girl movies (like the godawful Thirteen).
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17 comments:
Poison Ivy was the name of a camp movie before this was made- It had Michael J Fox and Nancy McKeon in it as leaders in a boys camp vs girls camp across the lake story. It may have been a made for TV thing, but I remember it well from years ago. It was very cheesy but funny.
What an odd film to make your comeback in...a not erotic or thrilling erotic thriller...
How dare you call thirteen gawdaweful. Yes, it was pretty trashy and fairly cheesey, it really wasn't that bad. Alright, so I'm full of sh*t, but it was entertaining to say the least.
I guess I'm going to be the odd one out and mention that I found you through the blog of the day. Really love your writing, I'd give you my link to my blog but its in my profile (yes, I'm that lazy tonight.). Keep up the good work!
(Confession... I really did like Thirteen, I even own it. Here are some of my indie recommendations that I think you might like: Sherry Baby (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Art School Confidential, House of D, and Around the Bend.
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-Great review
ok, so even as a kid i was an insomniac. my mom mostly left me alone as long as i went to school the next day. but one night when i was probably 10 or 11 i saw this movie. i saw the familiar character of Darlene and so i figured it wasn't going to be that bad. little did i know that at that time of night bad soft corn porn and infomercials rule. it was like a car wreck i couldn't turn away from. i think i've seen the whole awful series.
I've since remedied that problem with a tivo or two.
Have you ever seen Poison Ivy 3? Jaime Pressly will always be "the chick from Poison Ivy 3, a.k.a., Ivy's long-lost sister." Trashtastic!
I haven't seen all of Poison Ivy 2, with Alyssa Milano.
You gotta admit that Poison Ivy is cheesetastic! Poison Ivy 2 with Alyssa Milano and Johnathan Schaech is the epitome of the non-erotic, non-thrilling erotic thriller. Plus, the screw-ee is even uglier than PI-1!
yeh i remember this, allways quite liked it, but i never saw it as being an erotic thriller i just though it was meant to be a family drama or something.
though it has to be said that most erotic thrillers are neither particulaly erotic nor thrilling.
Thirteen was nothing more than a Lifetime television movie with a fairly famous actress (Holly Hunter). It belonged as the movie of the week on the network for women.
You are such a big fan?
Now I liked Poison Ivy! No, it wasn't "good," but I liked it anyway.
Haha...I actually like this movie alot and I have the other poison ivy dvd's as well.
I found this movie while browsing on Netflix and watched it, and I must say, the thing that kept me watching it was Drew's character...mesmerizing for some reason...other than that I didn't really like the movie either. I didn't know they made a 2 and 3!!! Who told them to do that!! heehee
Nice Blog.
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I love what you said about "Thirteen," it brought a smile to my face :)
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