Miranda (2002)

Miranda appears in the life of daydreaming librarian Frank and propels him into a chaotic world of confidence tricksters, sadistic villains, and amazing sex. Miranda, he discovers, has three identities - con woman, dancer, and dominatrix. Which is the real Miranda? She's sexy, smart, and dangerous to know. She'll become any man's fantasy to get what she wants, but is it money or love that she's after?

Service good Movie boring

Service very good but the movie was very boring. Not a good movie at all August 29, 2008

(2.5 STARS) Ricci in Off-beat Romantic Comedy Thriller ... Sort of

"Miranda" is one of the Christina Ricci's lesser known films that were made around 2001 and 2002. Back then she was often seen in smaller projects that went straight to video in USA - such as "The Gathering" and "Prozac Nation" - and like these not-so-great-and-not-so-bad films, the greatest merit of "Miranda" turns out my favorite actress Christina Ricci herself playing a mysterious woman named Miranda. American Miranda walks into an old library in Yorkshire (that is going to be demolished) and has a passionate affair with Frank (John Simm) a lonely librarian who loves Elvis.

I said "mysterious," but actually there is nothing truly mysterious about the character of Miranda. We all are aware that she is not what she looks from the very beginning and it is not hard to detect the secrets of her. But in "Miranda" (of which not-so-complicated story is told from his point of view) Frank is the last person to know that and we are supposed to swallow that premise.

This is a familiar story about a man who makes a wrong choice, but as the quirky animation at the opening credit part and the location of a quiet town of Scarborough suggest, the film is not so much a noir film as an off-beat romantic comedy thriller. Miranda (or Christina Ricci) is no femme fatale and she never looks like one, but I am not sure this is intentional or not.

The film's too simple story cannot really be involving and its characters are not particularly interesting. The film's laid-back pace doesn't help when the quirky film (which should have been much quirkier) does not have much to offer except a few funny moments and the fine performances from the two leads. The film directed by Marc Munden also features John Hurt as her father/mentor figure and a very weird character played by Kyle MacLachlan.

"Miranda" is not a bad film, but it is not a good film, either. Obviously it wants to be something unique and original, but it seems it doesn't know in what way. July 19, 2008

So bad it's . . . really bad

I'm a fan of Christina Ricci and dark comedies, yet I found this film damn near unwatchable. The only things intriguing about it are why the actors agreed to do it, why it was made, and why, after the backers presumably saw the finished product, it was released. The film itself gets no stars; my one star is for Ricci's presence.

For Ricci completists only, and then I recommend it be viewed with the sound off so that no one need listen to the dialogue. March 18, 2006

Ricci is hot!

I bought this DVD because Christina Ricci was in it - pure and simple. It's a strange film and not for everyone but it's Ricci's sexiest role yet( arguably ) so that's why I bought it. Ricci plays many roles and you need to see through the fog to know what's going on. Has a hollywood ending but it's worth it just for Ricci. If your a Christina Ricci fan, then buy it, if not maybe this movie isn't for you. October 27, 2005

Nothing exciting at all...

I am probably the biggest Ricci fan you'll ever meet, but even that couldn't get me interested in this film. I bought it but ended up giving it away. The storyline was a-typical, nothing great at all. Sometimes I honestly forgot this was Ricci in the movie, because I kept losing interest. But nonetheless, she was the only good thing about it. October 21, 2005

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