Two outcast girls: Pauline serious, glowering, and sporting an impressive scar; and Juliet (Kate Winslet), bubbling, worldly, and spirited, become the best of friends and escape their woes in a world of fantasy. But in a shrill moment of insanity, the pair murders one of their mothers in this stunning thriller based on the life of mystery writer Anne Perry.

"A dazzler . . . Innocent yet erotic! It’s impossible to take your eyes off it."

- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"A wildly hypnotic thriller! A spellbinder! A visionary triumph!"

- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

"Two thumbs up!"

- SISKEL & EBERT

"Terrific! A thrilling film! Frightfully romantic and romantically frightening!"

- Richard Corliss, TIME

"A dazzler. Innocent yet erotic! It’s impossible to take your eyes off it."

- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Thelma Adams, NEW YORK POST

"Fascinating!"

- Roger Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT

- Jami Bernard, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"Stunning!"

- Mike Caccioppoli, WABC RADIO