{{short description|2001 film by Jack N. Green}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Pretty When You Cry | image = Asdfasdfasdfas.jpg | alt = | caption = | director = Jack N. Green | producer = David Gebbia<br>Gloria Gebbia<br>John Gebbia<br>Richard Gebbia<br>Peter N. Green<br>Christopher Keller | writer = Christopher Keller | starring = Sam Elliott<br>Jamie Kennedy<br>Carlton Elizabeth | music = Normand Corbeil | cinematography = Jack N. Green | editing = Samuel Craven | studio = Gebbia Entertainment | distributor = HBO Films | released = {{Film date|2001|11|27|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $1 million | gross = }} '''''Pretty When You Cry''''' (also known as '''''Seduced: Pretty When You Cry''''') is 2001 American erotic thriller film directed by Jack N. Green.<ref>Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Band 3, Berlin 2001, {{ISBN|3-89602-340-3}}, pgs. 374-376.</ref>
==Synopsis== Detective Black (Elliott) conducts a procedural interrogation on Albert Straka (Kennedy), a quiet and unassuming man who is a suspect in the brutal and violent murder of Frank (Cavalieri), a drug and sex addict who owns a nightclub. He gets Albert to admit that he had strong feelings towards Frank's wife, Sarah (Elizabeth), but that she was into far too kinky sex for him to ever fall in love with. As the interrogation continues, it is revealed that the sordid sexual relationship among the three grew increasingly bizarre.
==Principal cast== {| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;" |- " ! Actor !! Role |- | Sam Elliott || Detective Lukas Black |- | Jamie Kennedy || Albert Straka |- | Carlton Elizabeth|| Sarah Carreni |- | Michael Cavalieri || Frank Carreni |- | Lori Heuring || Emily |- | Keith David || Detective Charles Desett |- | Nick Swardson || Shaun |}
==Critical reception== From Christopher Null of ''Filmcritic.com'': {{cquote|Carlton Elizabeth (known as Carlton Lynx when she was doing softcore porn) steals the show as said girlfriend (she's been being abused, natch) with her trashy good looks and willingness to throw her body into the role, literally, but on the whole this is one hell of an awful movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/2001/pretty-when-you-cry/?OpenDocument |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124064554/http://www.filmcritic.com/reviews/2001/pretty-when-you-cry/?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |title=Pretty When You Cry - Filmcritic.com Movie Review |publisher=Filmcritic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-30 }}</ref>}}
From Anee Teepesh of ''Geniuses Who Have Opinions on Films'': {{cquote|''Pretty When You Cry'' is actually quite an experiment in boredom. The story's twists are quite uninteresting and the eroticness of the film may get a lifer in prison a little excited but that is about it... Sam Elliot I've never minded but as with Jamie Kennedy, they both seem to be stuck in this horrible movie with no escape. Two decent talents with a go nowhere script.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epinions.com/review/mvie_mu-1114919/content_84548750980 |title=Carlton Elizabeth All Tied Up, Screws Us All. - Seduced: Pretty When You Cry |publisher=Epinions.com |date=2002-12-22 |accessdate=2012-03-30}}</ref> }}
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== External links == *{{IMDb title|0256374}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|pretty_when_you_cry}}
Category:2001 films Category:Films about adultery Category:2000s erotic thriller films Category:American erotic thriller films Category:HBO Films films Category:American independent films Category:Films scored by Normand Corbeil Category:2001 English-language films Category:2001 American films Category:English-language erotic thriller films