She’s Crushed (2009, Review)
DVD Release Date: 02/16/2010
Director: Patrick Johnson
Cast: Henrik Norlen, Natalie Dickinson, Keith Malley, Caitlyn Wehrle
Maverick Entertainment / NTSC Region 1 / Unrated / 16×9 Widescreen / 5.1 Dolby Surround / English Language / 90 minutes
Crazy. If one word were to pin point describing all women, crazy would be that sole word. In my lifetime, I’ve experienced various levels of crazy from social and personal relationships; these varied levels result in leaving you in a collective state of confusion, sorrow, anguish, fear and anger. Quite a few times I have been on dates where I’ve actually feared for my life: I’ve dated women who cut themselves for the “just because” satisfaction, I’ve dated women who have a jump-out-of-a-high-building-window suicidal tendency and I’ve dated women who think romantic conversation and/or sleeping behind my back would be a good idea – this is only the tip of the iceberg. If you want balls out crazy, watch She’s Crushed because it will leave you never wanting to date….ever again. I don’t even know if I want to go outside again. I would much rather just have relations with my right hand than date a girl like the movie’s character – Tara.
Tara seems like the girl next door. In fact, she is the girl next door to where Ray works. Ray seems like the perfect guy. He’s handsome, charming and has a stable job. When Tara and Ray have a one night stand, Ray, the next day, wants to put his mistake behind him due to just one little problem – his girlfriend. However, Tara creates a fantasy world where being with Ray is the only way to live and killing others to get closer to him delights her. If anyone, including Ray, steps into her sights, sadistic Tara will kidnap, torture, lobotomize and kill them just to prove a point that no one is safe from the wrath of a “fuck and run”.
Most of you might recall having seen something similar to this movie before. It echoes a poor man’s Fatal Attraction except Natalie Dickinson, Tara, is significantly hotter than that dried-up, burn-unit-looking-victim Glenn Close will ever be and Henrik Norlen, Ray, is no Michael Douglas yet oddly resembles him in some fashions…like his “it’s almost a mullet but it’s not” hair cut. The premise is the same; guy with girlfriend sleeps with another gal and that gal has a murderous hissy fit when being rejected by the guy. Tara, however, has an inexplicable taste for lobotomies and hacking up her former torturees into itty bitty parts just so they’ll fit snugly into a suitcase. I’d say Tara has rooted issues much deeper than Glenn Close’s character which can be concluded by watching Tara go all Jesus of Nazareth with the feet of Ray’s girlfriend, nailing them to the floor and going to town on her little piggies!
Tara’s underlying cause for her insanity isn’t 100% clear. Apparently, she was abducted, raped and held prisoner in her younger days – all played out during a montage. This question is one of many that came to mind after watching She’s Crushed, others included: Why is Tara’s mother in the psych ward? Why is Tara’s father (or stepfather) fucking Tara? How the hell does Tara know so much about Ray, does he have his own wikipedia page? Why does Tara lobotomize her victims reducing them to a drooling waste of human space? Why doesn’t Ray stop being a pussy and kick the crazy out of this psycho? Some of the blame for the numerous inquiries can be contributed to choppy and sporadic mess of the editing and transitioning scenes. Another question, did the director and editor feel that they needed to implement every single editing technique from the Film Making for Dummies handbook?
Overall, your mind will obtain the gist of the film’s plot while attempting to push all the annoying questions and the Picasso editing fiascoes aside. Natalie Dickinson, by herself, is worth every screen appearance as she brings sexy and scary into each scene – a bit over-the-top at times but an effective loony none-the-less. I would suggest She’s Crushed as a totally torturiffic film and a good way to start off the new year by bringing Tara and her psychotic tendencies in your movie watching life on DVD February 16, 2010 or you can pre-order your copy today!
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For the record, I think Glen Close was hot in “Fatal Attraction”. The sink sex scene was steamy!
The sink sex scene is pretty “pants tent” worthy but something about Natalie Dickinson screams a Natalie Portman and Shawney Smith mix.
How was Keith Malley in this film?
Hey Steven Tee — what about Keith Malley? How did he do in this picture? What’s your review on him? I think he’s brilliant but, myself, but I’d like to hear what you think.
What’s with the Keith Malley mob? HA!
Loved Keith Malley! However, I totally neglected to mention him and the blame solely lies with me. I wrote it up, I sent it out, and then a couple of days later it dawned on me – “wait a minute, I wanted to say something about that jerk friend of Ray’s” and by then, it was too late.
My bad, Keith!!!!
Yeah I am interested on your thoughts of Keith Malley’s performance.
Well actually he is interested in your thoughts of his performance. He went over your review of this film on a recent podcast.
http://www.keithandthegirl.com/Show-Detail/1497/Disowned.aspx
Thoughts are above and I had listened to the podcast already. Thanks for the heads up though.
I’m scared to go to sleep tonight and will never cheat…at times I hated myself for watching, but it was bravely graphic…this movie made me glad I’m gay, though I’ve met some psycho guys, and I have to wonder, under some circumstances was I close to being a victim? The actors were great, at least I know I’ve watched a movie!
This is the sickest fucking movie I have ever seen. Whoever wrote this should be either killed or jailed. No one should watch this crap. It is an abomination against society. If I ever meet the author, I will punch his nose into his skull. That way he/she cannot ever spread this sickness again.
This is the worst movie of all time. Dont ever watch it.WORST FUCKING MOVIE.The director should be hanged.WORST,WORST<WORST…so slow so fucking unrealistic,so fucking sick,not worth ur time,Fucking waste of time.