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Watch: Kiss the Girls 1997 123movies, Full Movie Online – Alex Cross, a Washington D.C. cop and forensic psychologist learns that his niece who is going to college in North Carolina is missing. So he goes there and learns that the police think she’s among the victims of someone who kidnaps young girls and holds them captive and kills them who dubs himself Cassanova after the great lover. Later Kate, one of his victims, escapes and tries to help Cross find his niece..
Plot: Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down “Casanova,” a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 74,694
	33% | RottenTomatoes
	46/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1239 Popularity: 17.559 | TMDB

Reviews:

_**Starts good and becomes increasingly farfetched**_

A serial killer is loose in Durham, North Carolina, who’s actually a serial collector of young women. Forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) ventures down from D.C. to assist in the investigation since his niece is one of the victims. He eventually teams-up with a surgeon who escaped the perpetrator’s lair (Ashley Judd). Cary Elwes and Tony Goldwyn are also on hand.

“Kiss the Girls” (1997) is a detective thriller in the mold of “Silence of the Lambs” (1991) with some “Se7en” (1995) and a dash of “Scream” (1996), but less gruesome and therefore presumably more palatable to a larger audience. What I appreciate most about this flick is the lush nighttime sylvan cinematography. The cast is good as well.

The first half is great for this genre, but the story gets progressively implausible from there with a muddled midsection. And then there’s the ‘big reveal’ at the end, which was predictable from the get-go. At the end of the day “Kiss the Girls” is worthwhile if you like detective thrillers and the cast, but be prepared for a wildly unrealistic tale. The sequel, “Along Came a Spider” (2001), had the same problem where the ‘big reveal’ is even more eye-rolling.

The film runs 1 hour, 55 minutes, and was shot in North Carolina and Southern Cal.

GRADE: C

Morgan Freeman is quite effective here in this adaptation of James Patterson’s novel about the kidnap of the niece of this police psychologist/detective. Racing to her North Carolina school, “Cross” discovers pretty quickly that she is likely to be the latest in a line of youngsters abused and killed at the hands of the so-called “Casanova”! Fortunately, one of his would be victims – “Kate” (Ashley Judd) – manages to escape her captivity, and with “Cross” and time very much against them, tries to track down this murderer. It stays fairly faithful to the book and that’s maybe why it doesn’t quite work. The narrative is really rather dry, the dialogue all a bit too wordy and though the subject matter is quite disturbing, there isn’t a great deal of menace on show for us here. “Cross” is just too clever; the clues too obscure for us but childsplay for him, and after a while that starts to grate a little. The best examples of this genre allow the audience to participate in the manhunt along with the characters. Not so much here. Freeman owns the screen, as usual, and Judd is perfectly acceptable as his feisty and determined sidekick as we head to a denouement that has just enough jeopardy to keep it interesting. There are loads of “Alex Cross” books, so I would expect more from this character – I hope this is but a bedrock for a darker and more complex sequel.

good cast, not so hot script
Cary Elwes does an incredible job as Nick Ruskin. He acts with perfect emotion for every particular scene and brings a unique feel to the character portrayed in the book. Elwes does superb acting in this film, and really displays his range. After reading the novel, I was surprised by Freemans casting. He impressed me with his comittment to the character, however, during the film he seemed over-dramatic taking away from the realism of the story (what makes the film and novel so terrorizing). Ashley Judd played Kate McTieran well and portrayed Pattersons heroine with the courage and bravery expected. Where the movie falls short is in the script. The adaptation leaves out numerous key elements to the story. What makes the plot so riveting is the psychological trauma Cassanova and the Gentleman caller force onto their captives. With brief scenes portraying the womens captivity, they film takes away from the character development of the murderers and focuses too heavily on superfluous tidbits not necessary to the story. If you are seeking a true thriller, you may want to choose another movie. Although the film is entertaining and the acting decent, the novel is much better and the thriller genre is better utilized in other films.

so-so thriller
What ‘Kiss The Girls’ has going for it mainly is Morgan Freeman. What’s the old saying? He would be interesting reciting the phone book. Freeman has the kind of screen presence that other actors only dream of possessing. He is calm, reassuring, magnetic… he is wise without acting like a know-it-all; maturity and decency seem to radiate from him. It’s interesting to ponder whether Freeman is really that good of an actor, or if he simply possesses an overdose of charisma, like Errol Flynn. In any event, he’s the best thing about ‘Kiss The Girls’, a standard-issue sicko-on-the-loose-kidnapping-beautiful-women thriller. It’s basically a rehash of ‘Silence of the Lambs’ without the Hannibal Lecter character. And without the style. Much is hinted at and some of the dialogue is explicit, but that’s as far as ‘Kiss The Girls’ goes. Visually, it’s really pretty dull. Good thing it has Morgan Freeman to aim the camera at. Ashley Judd plays the one who gets away, a kidnap victim who escapes the psycho’s dungeon. (And it is literally a dungeon. No basement or shed. A real dungeon.) She is also a brilliant doctor. See, this sick creep likes to kidnap INTELLIGENT and INDEPENDENT women. No airheads for him. Unfortunately, this little twist in the usual plot provides no new ideas or fresh situations, unless you count Freeman’s daughter playing the violin. Judd is adequate in the not-very-believable role; she strikes me as a female Keanu Reeves, something sort of android-ish about her. And good old Cary Elwes (warning- spoiler coming) is- surprise!- the psychotic kidnapper. Like we were going to believe he was a sincere, good old boy policeman. Poor Cary Elwes- he is really typecast. But I can see why. He just has that kind of face. ‘Kiss The Girls’ seems a lot like your typical TV-movie of the week; it’s what the critics call an ‘agreeable time-filler’… but it DOES have Morgan Freeman in it.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Budget 27000000
Revenue 60527873
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director Gary Fleder
Writer James Patterson, David Klass
Actors Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes
Country United States
Awards 5 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Gold II, Panavision Primo and E-Series Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,174 m (Sweden), 3,219 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 500T 5298)
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Eastman)