The Rapture

The Rapture (1991) was written and directed by Michael Tolkin, who wrote The Player, one of the best Robert Altman films ever! Good pedigree, I thought. Mimi Rogers gives a great performance as a telephone operator by day and sex-orgy addict by night, who suddenly finds God. Well, I must say, it was a nutso film, and just when you think you’ve gotten a handle on it, it would change directions, making 180 degree turns into a completely different kind of nutso. Yup, said Joe, there’s a lot of different crazys in there! That, however, was what made the film interesting to me. It pushed the situation into extremes, then flip. It was very theatrical, very dark, and very (if strangely) well done.