A sombre, manipulative affair in which the décor is never allowed to usurp our interest.
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01/26/06
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 27 Fresh: 25 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: DANGEROUS LIASONS is Stephen Frears' terse adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' famous epistolary tale about the sexual machinations of two jaded eighteenth century French aristocrats. In order to get revenge on a man who jilted her, the wicked Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close) persuades a... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman
Director: Stephen Frears
Reviews
Top Critic
This incisive study of sex as an arena for manipulative power games takes too long to catch fire and suffers from a deficient central performance.
02/08/08
Top Critic
Emotional cruelty through sexual manipulation is the rule of the game of this smooth transfer of Christopher Hampton's witty play, with an all-American cast, headed by Glenn Close and best of all Michelle Pfeiffer.
04/30/07
Close, Malkovich e Pfeiffer aproveitam ao máximo seus fascinantes personagens e os diálogos afiados do roteiro de Hampton, mas o filme é um pouco mais frio do que deveria.
02/03/04
Its vernacular style allows the film to connect easily with present-day morals, sexual politics, and thirst for power.
07/30/03
Top Critic
Top Critic
Stephen Frears' direction is superb -- the design and lighting evoke simultaneous worlds of privilege and squalor, and while the nature of day-to-day life in 18th century France becomes readily apparent, it never becomes distracting.
11/07/02
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