The film opens with a nearly wordless, 15-minute jewel heist at the Cannes Film Festival, set to a modern riff on Ravel's Boléro by Ryuichi Sakamoto [3, 6, 22].
De Palma utilizes his signature "Hitchcock on steroids" techniques, including split screens , overhead shots, and slow-motion set pieces [9, 19, 25].
Plays a paparazzo who becomes obsessed with Romijn's character, providing a "sassy" and energetic counterpart to her calculated role [1, 8, 19].
Her performance is often highlighted as surprisingly strong, capturing the classic seductive and dangerous nature of the archetype [10, 18, 21].
Critics often point out that the plot makes little narrative sense and relies on heavy coincidences [3, 12, 24].
Rebecca Romijn plays Laure Ash, a con artist who assumes the identity of a grieving widow to escape her past, eventually leading to a complex web of double-crosses [6, 22, 28]. Critical Perspectives