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FATALE – Review by Diane Carson

December 30, 2020January 2, 2021 Diane Carson deon taylor, fatale, hilary swank, Michael Ealy

Individuals with a couple hours to waste in a thoroughly preposterous plot will find a home in Fatale, with its retrograde plot and few redeeming features. I was attracted to it by two actors I admire immensely—Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy. Scripts crossing their desks must be terrible for them to accept this misadventure. Nevertheless, they soldier on, delivering good performances in ludicrous roles.

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FATALE – Review by Susan Granger

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Susan Granger Demaris Lewis, deon taylor, fatale, hilary swank, Michael Ealy

As the titular femme fatale, Hilary Swank seems ready to boil a bunny in this pulpy-noir thriller. Problem is: two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry, Million Dollar Baby), who also served as a producer, is decidedly unsexy in a role that calls for a sultry, seductive quality that she’s apparently unable to summon.