Rotten
Too chaotic to work as a thriller.
Caryn James, New York Times
The Underneath
For passion, betrayal and murder... there's still no place like home.
1995 · 1h 39m · R
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
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The Underneath
Overview
A recovering gambling addict attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend.
Director and cast
- Steven Soderbergh Director
- Peter Gallagher as Michael Chambers
- Alison Elliott as Rachel
- William Fichtner as Tommy Dundee
- Adam Trese as David Chambers
- Joe Don Baker as Clay Hinkle
- Paul Dooley as Ed Dutton
- Shelley Duvall as Nurse
- Elisabeth Shue as Susan Crenshaw
- Harry Goaz as Guard Casey
- Richard Linklater as Ember Doorman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What The Underneath lacks is the kind of emotional connection that the best film noirs have. Instead of involving, this film is distancing, too given to admiring its own shiny surface.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
A departure from the run-of- the-mill thriller.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Downbeat, laconically funny, arty (maybe a touch too arty), it's simmering, smoldering lowlife fun, like a good episode of Twin Peaks without the self-conscious weirdness.
Joe Brown, Washington Post
Rotten
As tales of sex and sinfulness go, Soderbergh's fourth film doesn't deliver.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
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