Primary cast
Meg Ryan ... when Frannie Averey Mark Ruffalo ... when Detective Giovanni Malloy Jennifer Jason Leigh ... when Pauline Averey

Plot summary
According to a right-selling novel by Susanna Moore, In the Cut occurs as psychological thriller where Ryan plays the lonely New York City woman who discovers a darker side of passion after becoming involved by using the hard homicide detective who is investigating a series of murders in her neighborhood.