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The Crush (1993) is an American thriller, directed and written by Alan Shapiro.

Plot summary

Nick Eliot (Elwes), a journalist, moves into a new neighborhood where the young Darian Forrester (Silverstone) lives. She is fourteen years old, half his age. She becomes very interested in him but he rejects her advances, especially since she is so young, but her parents don't realize she is a femme fatale lolita. She then sets out to destroy his life.

Tagline: He thought it was just a crush. He was dead wrong

Plot synopsis

Arriving in a new city, writer Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) secures a job at Pique magazine and lodgings in a guest house belonging to Cliff and Liv Forrester (Kurtwood Smith and Gwynyth Walsh). The handsome Nick soon makes the acquaintance of the Forrester's 14-year-old daughter, Darian (Alicia Silverstone), a precocious girl who develops an intense attraction to him. She secretly helps Nick by sneaking into his room and rewriting one of his Pique stories--which subsequently wins a rave from his editor--and at a party thrown by the Forresters, Nick agrees to accompany the lonely girl on a drive to a romantic spot, where he lets his guard down and kisses her.

This intensifies Darian's crush on Nick, but he quickly wises up and attempts to put her off, having begun a budding romance with co-worker Amy (Jennifer Rubin). Darian continues to boldly pursue him; even going so far as to undress in his view. He continues to rebuff her advances, however, and Darian's actions become destructive--she defaces a car he's restored and erases his computer discs--yet he's unable to convince Cliff and Liv of what's going on. Cheyenne (Amber Benson), a friend of Darian's who has warned Nick about her, meets with an "accident" at the riding school they attend together. Then, after Darian spies on Amy in bed with Nick, the girl locks Amy in her darkroom and empties a hornets' nest into the vents.

Amy survives, and Nick, now convinced that Darian is big trouble, attempts to find new lodgings, but Darian manages to sabotage his efforts. She then accuses him of assaulting her, leading to his arrest; after his editor bails him out (and fires him), Nick is met once again by Cheyenne, who informs him of a diary Darian kept that can acquit him. When he goes looking for it, he discovers Cheyenne tied up in the attic and is confronted by Darian and then Cliff, who attacks him. Darian, still infatuated, attacks her father, leaving Nick free to subdue her with one punch. Acquitted, Nick goes to live with Amy while Darian, confined to a psychiatric ward, continues to write him letters, even as she's developing a crush on her doctor.

Main cast

Cary Elwes
Nicholas "Nick" Eliot
Alicia Silverstone
Darian Forrester
Jennifer Rubin
Amy Maddik
Kurtwood Smith
Cliff Forrester
Gwynyth Walsh
Liv Forrester
Amber Benson
Cheyenne

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