Monkey's Mask, The (2000)

Title: Monkey's Mask, The
Released: 2000
Genre: Crime / Thriller / Mystery
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Australia / Canada / France / Italy / Japan
Language: English

Tagline: No evidence just a smell of sex and violence.

Plot Summary: Jill Fitzpatrick is a 28-year old, street-smart, out-of-work private investigator wishing she wasn't celibate. Eager for the taste of adrenaline, she accepts a job investigating the disappearance of Mickey, a young female student. Jill quickly strikes a spark with the seductive Diana, Mickey's poetry lecturer. But it is not long before Mickey's strangled body is found. Distrusting the cops, Mickey's grief-stricken parents ask Jill to find her murderer. Jill is soon hurled into a passionate liaison with Diana as she enters the surprisingly seamy underworld of Mickey's life, looking for clues to her murder. For whom did Mickey write her sexually charged poems? What is the connection between Mickey and her two favorite poets? Who is leaving threatening messages in verse on Jill's answering machine? Blinded by her passion, Jill is compromised in her search for the truth - until her own life is in danger.

Comments: I like Porter. Caught this on cable last night and I've decided that I like Susie Porter very much - she's got an incredibly expressive face (along with her adorable body, which we get to see a LOT of) and she was thoroughly convincing as the p.i. trying to solve the murder of a teenage poet while falling in love with the poet's teacher (Kelly McGillis, not quite believable in her role but she still looked good with Porter in the bathtub). Not very well-written or directed either - it's too long, too self-conscious and too convoluted - but it does have a certain style. . .and it DOES have the very appealing and watchable Porter.

Cast overview:
Susie Porter .... Jill Fitzpatrick
Kelly McGillis .... Professor Diana Maitland
Marton Csokas .... Nick Maitland
Abbie Cornish .... Mickey Norris
William Zappa .... Detective Sergeant Wesley
Brendan Cowell .... Hayden
Jim Holt .... Bill McDonald
Boyana Novakovic .... Tianna (as Bojana Novakovic)
Jean-Pierre Mignon .... Tony Brach
Caroline Gillmer .... Barbara Brach
John Noble .... Mr. Norris
Linden Wilkinson .... Mrs. Norris
Chris Haywood .... Dad Fitzpatrick
Deborah Mailman .... Lou
Charlotte Rose Regan .... Cerebral Girl

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Scene Description: Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis kissing each other and then they lay down together in bed.
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Scene Description: Susie Porter giving us a nice look at her breasts while sitting up in a bath tub.
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Scene Description: Susie Porter giving us a nice look at her breasts while sitting up in a bath tub and reading a piece of paper.
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