Alicia Silverstone Movie:

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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
Once in a while, studio heads actually make smart decisions. Kudos to whoever at Trimark screened this embarrassing, overwrought, underthought "mystery" and decided, "You know, we really don't need to let the American public see this," and immediately shipped it straight to video. Probably the one most pleased by the decision was Alicia Silverstone, who didn't need this type of thing getting a theatrical distribution and hurting her blossoming career. As for Kevin Dillon? Well, he was probably happy just to get a paycheck. Silverstone plays the teen Nancy-Drew-meets-Encyclopedia-Brown protagonist who teams up with fresh-faced police cadet Dillon to try to bag a serial killer who's been butchering teenage girls at traveling carnivals in various cities. Writer-director Pat Verducci packs his thriller with implausible detective work and numerous plot twists, all visible 20 minutes away. The "shock" ending can pretty much be figured out within the first act, leaving viewers another hour to watch Verducci concoct several amateur dream sequences, and explore a disgusting sexual relationship between Silverstone and Dillon. By the end, the question isn't so much "Whodunit?" as "Who cares?" --Dave McCoy

True Crime [Region 2] Reviews:
A scene missing but otherwise excellent movie
2009-06-25 - TRUE CRIME with Alicia Silverstone

I saw the trailer and don't understand why it shows her mother telling her that her father was NOT killed in the line of duty and it shows a policeman's hat burning in a garbage can. What is up with that? It's not in the movie. Why was this picture edited?

Otherwise, it has a lot of meaning because the killer actually told Mary (Silverstone) why he was killing. He had been humiliated because of his fear of heights. All the killings were connected to the carnival and Kathleen, Mary's classmate's little sister, was a champion swimmer and no doubt an active diver. I think this goes over a lot of people's heads who watch this movie. The killer hangs around the things that set him off- carnivals and swimming pools with high dives. Mary knew who the killer was the minute she looked at him. But breaking into a detective's office and sneaking through files and sharing them with a cadet who is obviously not a real cop because he is breaking rules himself....she was so desperate to solve the case she put herself at risk and people got killed because of her carelessness. She did stop a killer, though, but had to live with the memories of the people who died. A beautiful soundtrack, great music. Very good movie. Nice location.

True Crime
2008-06-21 - I stumbled across this movie on Lifetime Television this morning. What caught my attention initially is how much Kevin Dillon sounds so much like his brother Matt (vocally).
I liked it for a TV movie and I felt for Mary at the end as I think her character really didn't wanna believe the "twist" that was taking place.
Kevin makes a good bad boy that's for sure. Both him & Matt play bad duded pretty damn well and they're easy on the eyes too!
Granted I don't think alot of people might feel the same way but I thought it was a neat little thriller that told it's story well in 90 minutes.

Crime Caper
2007-04-11 - The ending has always stuck with me. A young girl following her dad to the police force. Not a great movie, maybe not even very good. But a story good enough to tell.A collrctable movie.

SO bad you just have to love it
2005-03-27 - Let's face it sometimes you just need to sit through a bad movie. This one would be a fabulous choice !

Kevin Dillon is, well, Kevin Dillon. At least he remembered his lines.
Alicia Silverstone is an ugly virgin bookworm (yeah, sure).

The big mystery can pretty much be figured out within 10mns and you spend the next 80 screaming at Silverstone "Don't you GET IT by now, you MORON ????"

All in all a very very very bad flick I really enjoyed.


I liked this
2004-04-06 - I like most of the movies Alicia Silverstone is in. I thought this movie was entertaining but i can see it as just a tv movie, im not suprised it wasnt in the theatres. It is probably on the same level or a little bit better than the babysitter which also starred Alicia silverstone. Movie is about a girl who is fascinated and interested in crime and detective work. Soon a fellow classmate is murdered and she starts to investigate the case along with the police officer played by ( matt dillon). While shes investigating signs are pointing to dillan as the killer and then things get worse from there. This was a pretty good thriller and if you like this i recomend the crush and the babysitter as well. Overall good story.