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Richards should go back to modeling for Teen Magazine. Like Sharon Stone, Richards will only make movies in which she can sell her sex appeal. She wears either a swimsuit or a wet T-shirt through out the entire movie. That is, if she’s wearing anything at all. Speaking of nudity, the movie also features Duquette flashing “the full bacon†in a shower scene. Maybe that’s what the film needed to keep audiences awake. Even though the movie was supposed to be a murder mystery of sorts, it was boring and didn't make sense. Tangled webs were woven, and it went downhill from there. Neve Campbell, recipient of Family Films and Family Television Academy’s “Best Family TV Actress†award, just can’t pull off the bad- girl image. Viewers will always know her as re sponsible, dependable Julia from "Party of Five†and Sydney, the innocent virgin in Scream. Her character in Wild Things is a social outsider, from the wrong side of the tracks. She lives in a trailer, where she reads about death and smokes pot. Van Ryan, on the other hand, lives in a mansion with her millionaire mother. And we’re supposed to believe that these girls are romantically involved with each other as well as their school counselor? In the scene in which Campbell tells the de tectives the story of her involvement with Lom bardo, she is in full bad-girl swing. “Don’t touch me," she shouts as thrusts for ward a girly fist. Okay, this scene is just funny. She doesn’t look capable of hurting anyone, even with her dyed hair and combat boots. Bacon, who is also executive producer of the film, claimed in an interview that the first time he read the script, he kept thinking it was a trashy piece of crap. Trust your instincts, Kevin. But Bacon said that as he continued reading, each few pages offered a new surprise. Sure, the movie is not what viewers will ex pect. This is no romantic comedy. It does offer a few bizarre twists. 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