October 10, 1998

Hurlyburly (1998) ****

Cynical, superbly written film about a bunch of misogynist, coke-snorting Hollywood executives. The most inhuman, disturbing (but yes, riotously funny) scene involves a teenage drifter (played by Anna Paquin), who finds herself as a kind of sexual hot potato to be screwed, abused and tossed at random from one guy to another.