Wicked (1998)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Michael Steinberg

Writer: Eric Weiss

Cinematographer: Bernd Heinl

Composer: Cliff Martinez

Cast: Julia Stiles, William R. Moses, Vanessa Zima, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Parks, Louise Myrback, Linda Hart

When her mother is brutally murdered in their large house, which is situated in a gated community, Ellie, a physically mature adolescent girl who is picked on at school for being a foot taller than everyone else, takes it upon herself to look after her beloved father in every possible way – some of which are more than a little inappropriate for a girl of her age, let alone a blood relative – in Steinberg’s much maligned satirical murder mystery, a thoroughly unpredictable, stylish, irreverent, and blackly comic gem. Iain.Stott