Dangerous Liaisons Reviews
The creepy plot still holds a certain fascination.
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| Original Score: 2/4
EmanuelLevy.Com
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 Michelle Pfeiffer.
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| Original Score: B+
Time Out
Top CriticA sombre, manipulative affair in which the dà (C)cor is never allowed to usurp our interest.
Kalamazoo Gazette
Splendid... full of deliciously devious characters
| Original Score: 5/5
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
For a tragedy that carries a strong emotional kick, it's wickedly fun.
| Original Score: 4/5
Cinema em Cena
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.
| Original Score: 4/5
Nick's Flick Picks
Wicked and well-appointed, this is a deliriously sinful costume a drama.
| Original Score: 4/5
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Its vernacular style allows the film to connect easily with present-day morals, sexual politics, and thirst for power.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Netflix
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.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Matinee Magazine
Perhaps the juciest adaptation of the story that one could hope for.
| Original Score: 4/5
eFilmCritic.com
It's like Masterpiece Theater ... but not boring!
| Original Score: 5/5
Spirituality and Practice
A scintillating study of sexual politics that skillfully presents the cruel ways two malevolent protagonists manipulate their targets and deceive others around them.
Director Stephen Frears accelerates entertainingly through Christopher Hampton's wig-and-powder sado-comedy about sexual mind games in 18th-century France.
