Release: Natural Selection

 

Natural Selection
Genre: Erotic/Thriller
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writer: Roy Horne & Chad Taylor
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Warren Beatty, Jared Leto, Anna Camp, Billy Crudup, Ty Burrell, James Van Der Beek, Kristin Chenoweth






Budget: $50,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $79,390,116
Foreign Box Office: $59,010,399
Total Profit: $33,979,096

Reaction: Natural Selection proves that the erotic thriller is alive and well in LRF as the genre has yet to fail at the box office for the studio.

"Warren Beatty, Fantastic. Angelina Jolie, Fantastic. Jared Leto, Fantastic. Natural Selection, Fantastic. This film oozes with charisma, Angelina Jolie delivers a wonderful performance as the seductress Carmen. The film's ending is *chef’s kiss* as are the visuals from Paul Verhoeven. I can’t think of anything bad to say about this film so I won’t." - J. Johnson, DailyMovieNews.com

"Natural Selection feels like a vintage Paul Verhoeven in all the best possible ways. It's a sexy, thrilling film featuring tour-de-force performances from each of its starring trio. Beatty is charismatic as always, Jolie is seductive as ever, and Leto commits to what is arguably the film's most complicated role."- George Overmyer, Baltimore Magazine

"Natural Selection isn't just a return to form for director Paul Verhoeven. After several decades of filmmaking and a couple away from the Hollywood studio system, Verhoeven may have delivered his best film to date. The story of Natural Selection is what you get when you combine Roy Horne's visual accumen and knack for eroticism with Chad Taylor's skill for character development." - Cal Crowe, Washington Globe

R for sexuality/nudity, language and violence