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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

Wild about ‘Wild Things’: After 25 years, the kooky mystery still excites and surprises

Kevin Bacon (from left), Denise Richards, Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon star in “Wild Things.” (Columbia Pictures)

SPOILER ALERT: This column discusses plot details of the 1998 film.

You’re not going to get deep into any discussion of John McNaughton’s Florida-noir mystery “Wild Things” without mentioning the champagne-soaked three-way scene with Matt Dillon’s Sam Lombardo, Denise Richards’ Kelly Van Ryan and Neve Campbell’s Suzie Toller in a seedy motel room in the Everglades — but what makes the scene even more memorably shocking is the context.

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