Dangerous Liaisons Reviews
Top CriticThis incisive study of sex as an arena for manipulative power games takes too long to catch fire and suffers from a deficient central performance.
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
eFilmCritic.com
It's like Masterpiece Theater ... but not boring!
| Original Score: 5/5
rec.arts.movies.reviews
If the very most basic plot is a little too much like some of those incompetently made French sex-romps that show up on late-night cable, everything else is first-rate in this production.
The creepy plot still holds a certain fascination.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Filmcritic.com
Probably the best adaptation of the celebrated novel you can find.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Nick's Flick Picks
Wicked and well-appointed, this is a deliriously sinful costume a drama.
| Original Score: 4/5
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.
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
Matinee Magazine
Perhaps the juciest adaptation of the story that one could hope for.
| Original Score: 4/5
Director Stephen Frears accelerates entertainingly through Christopher Hampton's wig-and-powder sado-comedy about sexual mind games in 18th-century France.
