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A potboiler in the finest sense, Fatal Attraction is a sultry, juicy thriller that's hard to look away from once it gets going.
Pauline Kael The New Yorker This is a horror film based on the sanctity of the family -- the dream family. It enforces conventional morality (in the era of AIDS) by piling on paranoiac fear. The family that kills together stays together, and the audience is hyped up. Sep 15, 2023 Full Review Adam Nayman The Ringer It’s a fine line between pathos and ridiculousness, and Close walks it like a velvet tightrope. May 5, 2023 Full Review Jay Scott Globe and Mail Fatal Attraction evolves toward the cheaply manipulative and silly. Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Savina Petkova A Good Movie To Watch Seen from a slightly removed perspective, the film becomes a stylized variation on conservative AIDS panic and a provocation to conservative heteronormativity. It has to be said that not all of the film has aged well. Rated: 77/100 Nov 24, 2023 Full Review Q.V. Hough Vague Visages However lethal Alex may be, Lyne introduces notes of empathy in an ingenious way... Jun 23, 2023 Full Review Yasser Medina Cinefilia As a thriller it has a start that rises with the presence of Glenn Close, but its degree of intrigue ends up being cut off easily when it interrogates guilt, obsession and the ethical corollaries of adultery in a sanitized zone. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 May 4, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
Brad O Intense and entertaining! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Emil P Very good thriller with dense atmosphere. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/24/25 Full Review Brad CKA L https://youtu.be/4I76iKCkQUc?si=c4CtyjbQ1DnHs9wz Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/24 Full Review Gerard G Muy buena película, de las que ya no se hacen. Magníficas actuaciones de Michael Douglas, Glenn Close y Anne Archer. Te mantiene atento todo el tiempo. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Annett M This film, set in late '80s New York, perfectly captures the essence and frenetic pace of the city. The cinematography is incredible and full of detail—just the kind of aesthetic that I love in a movie. From the very beginning, it kept me on the edge of my seat, and I felt every moment of desperation, fear, and anger along with the characters. It’s an intense and gripping experience; definitely a movie you need to watch. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Audience Member So when this film came out it was massive. Everyone was watching it because it was something we had never seen before. Superb performances. There is also a an alternative ending. I mean completely different endings as well so worth watching both.m Highly recommended Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/06/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis For Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth (Anne Archer), and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex (Glenn Close), everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.
Director
Adrian Lyne
Producer
Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Screenwriter
James Dearden, Nicholas Meyer
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 11, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 6, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA)
$154.0M
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo
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