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.
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02/08/08
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
93 %
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 25
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Keanu Reeves
Director: Stephen Frears
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Reviews for Dangerous Liaisons
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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
A sombre, manipulative affair in which the décor is never allowed to usurp our interest.
01/26/06
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 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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