IMDb 4.8 1993 HD

Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena

1993
Drama Romance Thriller
107 min R USA
5.01 / 10
4.8 IMDB

A top surgeon is besotted with a beautiful woman who once rebuffed him. Unable to come to terms with life without her, he tries to convince her that…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Jennifer Lynch / Rhonda Guthrie / Marcei A. Brubaker Brown / Josh King / Gail Hunter
Starring
Julian Sands / Sherilyn Fenn / Bill Paxton / Art Garfunkel / Betsy Clark / Kurtwood Smith / Nicolette Scorsese / Meg Register

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

unsettling dark obsessive psychological disturbing morbid provocative challenging intense peculiar grim controversial

Reviews

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Genevieve Dubois
May 16, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

A film that certainly courts controversy, 'Boxing Helena' presents a surgeon, played with a certain intensity by Julian Sands, whose infatuation with Sherilyn Fenn’s character takes a dark turn. The narrative pivots on a horrific accident that leaves…

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Simon Albright
May 16, 2026
2.5 / 5
2.5

Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn anchor 'Boxing Helena', a film that probes the boundaries of obsession and control. Sands embodies a surgeon whose fixation on Fenn’s character leads to increasingly desperate measures, especially after a life-altering accident. The…

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Penelope Cartwright
May 16, 2026
1.5 / 5
1.5

This is a film that seems to revel in its own grim premise, offering little respite or nuance. Julian Sands plays a surgeon whose obsession with Sherilyn Fenn curdles into something deeply problematic when she suffers an accident.…

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Marcus Bellweather
May 16, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

A peculiar and often uncomfortable watch, 'Boxing Helena' delves into the dark side of infatuation. Julian Sands portrays a surgeon whose unrequited desire for Sherilyn Fenn’s character takes a disturbing turn when an accident places her under his…

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Eleanor Vance
May 16, 2026
2.0 / 5
2.0

Julian Sands is cast as a surgeon whose obsession with Sherilyn Fenn's character spirals into a deeply unsettling scenario. The film's exploration of this fixation, particularly after an accident leaves Fenn vulnerable, is its central, and perhaps only,…

FAQs

Audiences can anticipate a viewing experience that leans towards psychological drama with potentially disturbing undertones. The premise of a surgeon's obsession and his subsequent control over a woman after an accident points to a tense and unsettling narrative. The film seems designed to provoke thought about consent, obsession, and the ethics of manipulation, rather than offering light entertainment.