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Body of Evidence

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Body of Evidence (1993)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:2

Rotten:30

Average Rating:2.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 19 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: An elderly millionaire is found dead in his bedroom, the apparent victim of a heart attack. But the wealthy septuagenarian may have been murdered. His secretary claims this is so, and the police... An elderly millionaire is found dead in his bedroom, the apparent victim of a heart attack. But the wealthy septuagenarian may have been murdered. His secretary claims this is so, and the police investigation uncovers evidence pointing to the dead man's kinky sexual affair with gallery owner Rebecca Carlson -- a woman who stands to inherit $8 million dollars from the deceased's estate. The District Attorney's office charges Rebecca with murder. The weapon: her own deadly body. Hot-shot Portland defense lawyer Frank Dulaney decides to defend Ms. Carlson, and he's convinced of her innocence, at first. But soon he and Rebecca are sharing handcuffs, dripping hot candle wax on each other's bodies and having sex on car rooftops. His mind clouded by lust, Dulaney continues to believe that Rebecca is innocent of all charges -- until he finds his faith in the fatal temptress shaken by a startling courtroom revelation. [More]

Starring: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer

Starring: Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore

Director: Uli Edel

Director: Uli Edel
Screenwriter: Brad Mirman
Producer: Dino De Laurentiis
Composer: Graeme Revell

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Another turkey from the queen of pop, and possibly the worst film on her CV of cinematic clunkers.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
07/20/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Channel 4 Film
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An erotic thriller that's strangely unerotic and devoid of thrills, this is, however, mercifully short at 100 minutes.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
07/20/09
Mark Salisbury
Mark Salisbury
Empire Magazine
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[There's] no tension.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out
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There is little, if any, erotic chemistry between Dafoe and Madonna, and, as a result, their sex scenes look more like hard work than pleasure.

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07/20/09
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While he may be marginally better at directing kinky sex scenes than Instinct's Paul Verhoeven, [Edel is] stuck with a fairly ho-hum script by Brad Mirman.

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07/20/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader

A courtroom drama built around the charge that Madonna's body is a deadly weapon with which she 'fornicated' a man to death, this showcase for the singer-thesp as femme fatale is more silly than erotic.

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03/26/09
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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I'd rather eat my own liver than sit through this again

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02/03/09
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

The sour taste that Body left for [director] Edel is evident in his next, very different big screen feature: the children's fantasy The Little Vampire.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
07/24/08
Matthew Sorrento
Matthew Sorrento
Film Threat

Yet another failed effort at making Madonna a legit actress, in a preposterous thriller could be labeled Basic Stink.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
05/01/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Tries hard to be hot and steamy but ends up being lifeless and laughable.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/03/05
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

No review available.

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07/24/04
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

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04/24/04
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

A pale husk of a film.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
08/30/03
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Apollo Guide

Mediocre erotic thriller trying to capture Basic Instinct success. Tries too hard, not really sexy, and certainly not mysterious.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

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07/09/03
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

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07/02/03
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

A sluggish courtroom melodrama relieved only by unintenional laughter.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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No review available.

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05/16/03
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Be thankful that its star, a singer, dancer, mother, and woman of the world, has plenty of day jobs to go back to.

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01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

Madonna provides the body. The script provides the evidence. Together they prove conclusively that bodies without stories make rotten movies.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/01/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
 
 
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