Brian De Palma has been growing better and better. Each time a new film of his opens, everything he has done before seems to have been preparation for it." In his review of "Femme Fatale", Roger Ebert wrote about the director: "De Palma deserves more honor as a director. Consider also these titles: "Sisters", "Blow Out", "The Fury", "Dressed to Kill", "Carrie", "Scarface", "Wise Guys", "Casualties of War", "Carlito's Way", "Mission: Impossible". Yes, there are a few failures along the way ("Snake Eyes", "Mission to Mars", "The Bonfire of the Vanities"), but look at the range here, and reflect that these movies contain
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