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Diabolique (1996)

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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 26
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Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7

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Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic French thriller gets a Hollywood makeover in this glossy remake. Guy Baran (Chazz Palminteri) is the dull, loutish headmaster of a private school that has seen better days. While Guy oversees the day to day operations, the school is actually owned by his wife Mia (Isabelle Adjani), whose spirit has been crushed by Guy's casual cruelty and whose health is frail. Guy has been openly having an affair with one of his teachers, Nicole Horner (Sharon Stone), who has

R, 1 hr. 47 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Drama

Directed By: Jeremiah S. Chechik

Written By: Don Roos

In Theaters: Mar 22, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Jan 26, 1999

Warner Home Video

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Cast

Sharon Stone
Nicole Horner
Isabelle Adjani
Mia Baran
Kathy Bates
Det. Shirley Vogel
Chazz Palminteri
Guy Baran
Spalding Gray
Simon Veatch
Shirley Knight
Edie Danziger
Diana Bellamy
Ms. Vawze
Allen Garfield
Leo Katzmann
Adam Hann-Byrd
Erik Pretzer
Clea Lewis
Lisa Campos
Stephen Liska
PHP Officer
Donal Logue
Video Photographer
Zachary Mott
Howie
Bingo O'Malley
Gannon
Jeffrey Abrams
Video Photographer #2
O'Neal Compton
Irv Danziger
Kate Young
Photo Shop Clerk
James Kisicki
Rear-ender
Cory Pattack
Nuñez, Nu�ez, Nu?
Jesse Sky Ross
Hall Monitor
Sophia Salguero
Maid
Hank Stohl
Morgue Cop
Kevin Vinay
Desantis

Critic Reviews for Diabolique

All Critics (38) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (24) | DVD (16)

The husband is still a brute, and the swimming pool is still moldy, but the new Diabolique fails to translate into anything more than the latest ham-handed Hollywood makeover of a European classic.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mike Clark

USA Today

Top Critic

The new Diabolique mostly dispenses with subtlety, contenting itself with regularly scheduled cathartic jolts that pass for suspense in our degraded culture.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

If it makes at least one person search out and discover the original version, then it's all worth it.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Chechik fails to create any real suspense or thrills and does not seamlessly juggle the serious thriller aspects with the black comedy

December 5, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Silly update of the French classic; the ending is an unforgivable cop-out.

January 11, 2003 Comment

Rob Vaux

Flipside Movie Emporium

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I saw this one in the middle of the night. I'm not a fan of sharon stone...but it was pretty good...still not a fan of sharon stone dough

June 16, 2008

Martin Sahlin

Super Reviewer

Sharon Stone's delightfully slinky outfits are the only genuine attraction in this updated so-called thriller, which pairs her with Isabelle Adjani as the mistress and wife who decide to murder abusive school headmaster Chazz Palminiteri. What was fresh and genuinely frightening in French director Henri-Georges Clouzot's original is old hat here.

February 8, 2007