DT
11Mar12
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lasttimeisaw
29May12
Glenn rocks! a 6/10 my review: http://lasttimeisawdotcom.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/last-film-i-saw-fatal-attraction/
Jesse Taylor
28May12
If Lyne was allowed to keep the original ending, this film would be exponentially better. What could have been a stellar erotic thriller is reduced to formulaic dreg. Close is mesmerizing and her performance is one of the film's saving graces. I've always see her character as an allusion to the AIDS epidemic which was fairly new at the time and at a fever pitch. Bad things aside, I still do enjoy [most of] this film.
Matt Burgess
21May12
Ultra-lame 'erotic' thriller for the unwashed masses. Ideal horror storyline for right-wing assholes fed on 24 hour news stations in constant fear of outsiders and anyone calling them on their own bullshit. A rich white guy cheats on his wife and bangs a stranger and we're supposed to feel sorry for HIM when she wants payback when he treats her like crap?
HwCath
2Feb12
I would have enjoyed the movie more if it was the dog who shot Glen Close at the end of it. Opportunity wasted. :-(
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Joseph Hefner
2Feb12
A classic thriller. Many have tried to copy it, but no one has even come close. Glenn Close's performance gets a lot of well deserved attention, but it is Adrian Lynne's direction that makes the film a great accomplishment.
Harry Rossi
2Feb12
Great story, executed kinda poorly but with some really fun scenes and great suspense. Overall, kinda average.
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Ryan Clark
12Sep11
This truly does live up to the hype (even though it's not terribly original) EXCEPT for that poor excuse for a new ending they came up with. The original ending fit the tone of the movie perfectly, but it was way more subtle and subdued, so it doesn't surprise me that preview audiences hated it. If the movie still had that ending, I'd be tempted to call it a masterpiece (maybe not). As is, it's just pretty damn good.
Øyvind Rype
28Jun11
I think the original ending (suicide) would've given Close's character more ambivilance in terms of "who's right" and how we sympathize with the characters. She's obviously a psychotic but it just felt too easy to make her a violent monster without any human traits. On the other hand I loved the bathroom scene in the end. Intense!
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Veritas Verte
18May11
This movie scared the crap out of me when I was a kid! The rabbit scene and the bathtub scene: I will *never* forget.
rorydean
15May11
Another one of those films that is a game changer, a defining moment in cinematic history and one of the best films of either Douglas or Close; this is the sort of film that sticks with you for years, resurfaces from time to time, and demands another viewing. The actors are fearless, the direction swift and exacting. Lyne also made Flashdance and 91/2 weeks; films in and of themselves exemplary.
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Natalie Guevara
14Mar11
I have a weird fascination with Adrian Lyne & his depictions of sex: slow & relaxed, languid, fashion-y, and then batshit crazy. "Fatal Attraction" veers towards the more extreme end of the spectrum, and Glenn Close is fantastic: at once sexy and free and TERRIFYING. "I will not be ignored, Dan." The sex-in-the-freight-elevator scene makes my dreams.
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