The Temp

The Temp

1993 · 97 min · EN · R · 4.8 (72 votes)
Dir. Tom Holland · Starring Timothy Hutton, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dwight Schultz, Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, Colleen Flynn · Music Frédéric Talgorn

“She'll eliminate the competition... permanently.”

DramaThriller

Peter Derns, an executive at Mrs. Appleby's Cooke Company, fears his future prospects are crumbling fast, until the arrival of Kris Bolin, a gorgeous, cooly efficient temp - and sultry temptress - who helps him develop a marketing campaign that slays the competition. But after two executives mysteriously die, Peter discovers his job security may vanish due to the one person he needs to trust: his temp.

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This film feels like a sticky, sweat-drenched 90s thriller. It’s a paranoid descent into office politics and sexual tension, where ambition curdles into something deeply unsettling. The air is thick with suspicion and a creeping sense of dread.

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