Rolling Stone
"...The plot twists, the worm turns and the result is prime suspense with a potent sting..." 10/20/1994 p.157Sight and Sound
"...An intricate and gradual unfolding story of misunderstanding and murder..." 08/01/1994 p.44 New York Times
"...A devilishly entertaining crime story with a heroine who must be seen to be believed....A gripping story and a tight, suspenseful directorial style..." 10/26/1994 p.C13 Entertainment Weekly
"...Fiorentino is wonderful as the irredeemable villainess....A genre potboiler of a different kind..." -- Rating: A- 06/30/1995 pp.106-7 Variety
"...Well-paced, cleverly written and quite diabolical....Fiorentino is quite wonderful..." 02/28/1994 Chicago Sun-Times
"...A movie that is not only ingenious and entertaining, but liberating, because we can sense the story isn't going to be twisted into conformity with some stupid formula..." 11/18/1994 p.31 Total Film
"...John Dahl's direction is as cool and calculating as his femme fatale..." 04/01/2001 p.120 Total Film
4 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n irresistible treat. The plotting is serpentine, the dialogue snaps like a wounded cobra and the gleefully heartless tone never softens for a second." 07/01/2006 p.120 Ultimate DVD
4 stars out of 5 -- "This 1994 thriller plays like a modern noir, fuelled by passion and revenge." 07/01/2006 p.113 San Francisco Chronicle 8 of 10
The Last Seduction is directed with playful wit and energy, with steamy sex scenes played as much for laughs as anything else. Dahl doesn't try to seduce the audience so much as invite it to observe the mechanics of seduction as both enticing and absurd. - Mick LaSalle
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