Film Review – Forbidden Fruits

It’s important to note that “Forbidden Fruits” is an adaptation of a stage play by Lily Houghton (titled “Of the women came the beginning of sin, and through her we all die”). The picture isn’t a sprightly understanding of Mean Girl attitudes and games of social sabotage, but something more character-based and expository, focusing on extended conversations among the characters as they experience a mall-based crisis. Houghton shares screenwriting duties with director Meredith Alloway, attempting to find some cinematic emphasis to enjoy, but the pair maintain contact with the material’s theatrical roots, keeping the feature involving with personalities but static in staging. “Forbidden Fruits” is being sold as a genre offering, but it’s not exactly that, taking time with interpersonal issues before bloodshed arrives, and even violence is muted in this strange and well-acted film. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com