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Created Jul 02, 2010 10:07PM PST • Edited Jul 02, 2010 10:07PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Great 4.0

   Picture a brunette Thelma and Louise who are sexually in to each-other, tough as nails, sultry and gritty (sweet and salty?) and able to manipulate and get the better of the mob Guidos they hang with. Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly exhibit great chemistry and are reasonably believable in their roles. The film moves quickly, and is entertaining more for its unique characters than the plot itself.

4. Acting

   Great 4.0

   Gina Gershon (Corky) makes a believable tough ex-con – despite the pretty package, and Jennifer Tilly (Violet) struts her ever-sultry stuff. I didn’t see her as a completely believable vajayjay lover, but there was a definite chemistry – and hey, the two of them together was great to watch. Joe Pantoliano makes a sound rough edged mobster, which a whine that pegs him to be the low man on the totem pole scratching to get ahead.

5. Male Stars Great 4.0

6. Female Stars Great 4.0

7. Female Costars Great 4.0

8. Male Costars Great 4.0

10. Film

    Really Great 4.5

    Bound proves that most of the viewing public has no problem with hot women getting it on and acting like tough guys… but two tough guys getting on – well, that’s a Brokeback Mountain story. Pretty excellent cinematography with creative close-ups, invigorating love scenes, and artistic renderings of brutal killings.

11. Direction Really Great 4.5

12. Play Really Great 4.5

13. Music Really Great 4.5

14. Visuals Really Great 4.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.1

17. Sex Titillating 2.1

18. Violence Fierce 2.1

19. Rudeness Salty 2.1

21. Reality

    Surreal 2.3

22. Circumstantial Surreal 2.3

23. Biological Surreal 2.3

24. Physical Surreal 2.3