Scarface (1983 film) to leave the antihero floating face down in a literal bloodbath." The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes offers a contemporary interpretation of the film's reception, providing an 81% approval rating from 68 critics – an average rating of 7.4/10 – with the following consensus: "Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino take it to the limit in this stylized, ultra-violent and eminently quotable gangster epic that walks a thin white line between moral drama and celebratory excess." Metacritic gives it an average score of 65/100. "Scarface" was released theatrically in North America on December 9, 1983. The film earned
Femme Fatale (2002 film) played weakly in the mid-section of the country. The film generated more than $19.66 million in home video rentals in the United States (significantly higher than the film's United States box office gross). Femme Fatale (2002 film) Femme Fatale is a 2002 French erotic mystery thriller film directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars Rebecca Romijn and Antonio Banderas. It was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. The film was a box office bomb, but then the film overperformed in home video market in the United States, and has since developed a cult status amongst