Body of Evidence Reviews

A woman is accused of killing her lover. Whay does Madonna do these movies. She should stick to what she's good at - singing.

This erotic-thriller in the fumbling scenes of sado-masochism lead only to embarrassment. Willem Dafoe has never looked more uncomfortable, while Madonna as the body in question is no Sharon Stone.

Willem Dafoe plays a lawyer who becomes involved with his client, Madonna, a woman accused of intentionally murdering her rich, elderly lover through strenuous, kinky sex; coincidentally, he left her $ 8 million in his will.

For an "erotic thriller," the film somehow managed to be entirely devoid of any erotic quality although there is no lack of sex: we've got hot wax, handcuffs, oral sex, parking garage car hood sex and various other forms of action.

My opinion: Sex thrillers work best when the sex is used as an additional spice to the story, not the focus of the story and Willem Dafoe may be many things and a very versatile actor, but sex god he isn't. Nevertheless, even with these flaws it is interesting to view. The courtroom scenes are moderately entertaining and Julianne Moore is good as the anger stricken wife of Dafoe while Anne Archer is very effective as the secretary with her own agenda and the sadomasochistic sex scenes....well, if you're into watching this kind of stuff, they may prove to be fairly entertaining as well. I did like the ending. "Karma, everyone gets what they deserve in the end."

The movie is pretty tacky, but you get to see Madonna naked in a bunch of sex scenes!

Tres' horny but empty of plot.

it's a erotic thriller film of all time. Sexy,Smart and Dangerous. Body of Evidence is the best Erotic Thriller film of the year. Willem Dafoe and Madonna are beautiful actors.

The positives of this movie? Lots of lurid erotic sex (The candlewax and champagne sccene and the sex scene in the dark parking garage are especially interesting. you also get a look at a very young and very hot Julianne Moore in the buff). Lots of great character work out of Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer and a great cameo by Frank Langella. The negatives? Madonna trying to act. Bad theme music and soundtrack. Some awful, awful dialogue. Strange camerawork and ambiance from director Uli Edel. But perhaps the worst problem I had with this movie is the plot. Yes, she screws her husband to death. The plot is not only nearly absent but what plot does exist is predictable and ends anti-climactically, like one of Dafoe's violent orgasms.

Despite being a blatant rip-off of Basic Instinct, I don't understand the bashing of this movie, Like it's predecessor, it manages to overcome a weak leading actress by relying on a tight script, highly-capable leading actor, and steamy sex scenes..

This is not a good film, but it certainly isn?t as bad as what the vast majority of critics rated it. Madonna is not good. Willem Dafoe is below par, but on the plus side, Julianne Moore is terrific in a supporting role, it has some good cinematography, the score is decent and the production standars are quite good. It?s still bad, but it has some plusses.

HOT!!! Madonna'll do it all!






HOT!! Madonna totally dropped all her inhibitions in this.GREAT







Awesome,sooo hot!!

Was this a movie or a soft porn. I don't think Willem Defoe and Madonna was acting.
If it wasn't for Madonna's HOT body I'm not sure if I would had continued watching this film. But the best thing about the film was the sex scenes, thanks Madonna for the ideas but the rest of the film was fluff, nothing went together.

Yuck, I saw this when I was in high school on HBO. The sex scene between Madonna and Willem DeFoe is wrong. The story is pretty bad (as it was in the book) and the acting is cringe worthy. Stay away.

What an amazing film. I found Madonna to be a very good actress in this particular film. She did a great job playing the role of a seductive, manipulating, coerced murderer. This film was greatly cast. This is a great thriller. Full of suspence, seduction, sex, and manipulation. Madonna's best movie of all time!

anyone who watches this for any reasons other than the obvious will be sorely disappointed. Basic Instinct is a MUCH better movie if you're going for the thriller aspect instead of just the sex scenes. Those hiowever, I didn't think were bad

A film that tries to out-do Basic Instinct but doesn't quite make it. Dafoe is good, as always. As is Mantegna and Archer. Madonna is not bad, just miscast here.

"When is an act of love an act of murder? Madonna asked as she is interrogated playing the role of defendant Rebecca Carlson, in the murder of elderly Andrew Marsh. Dating for several months, sexy Rebecca Carlson and vulnerable Andrew Marsh became extremely close, eventually developing a more than serious relationship. With little aware of this ongoing relationship, Rebecca uses her wit and charm to seduce millionaire Andrew into adding her into his will. Unexpectedly Andrew is found dead from the cause of heart failure in his mansion, handcuffed to his bed, a home video of him and his lover, and a large amount of cocaine in his system. When police analyze the situation, nothing makes more sense and is more obvious than accusing Rebecca Carlson with the murder of her older lover Andrew Marsh charging her with aggressive sexual acts resulting in murder; but is Rebecca truly the answer to all of the police's questions?
Strikingly beautiful, young, and captivating, Rebecca is used to men throwing themselves at her, offering her the glamorous lifestyle, and overall treating her as a goddess. But one thing that she hides is her dark past and ulterior motives, which are later, brought to light. Never being looked out negatively and especially never being accused of a murder Rebecca does not know the first thing to do, but when a handsome lawyer pops up during her arrest all of her questions are answered. She does the only thing she knows how to do and seduces her lawyer into being the only person with any faith in her, which later leads into a full on affair. With her lawyer at her beckoning call, no solid evidence connecting her to the murder, and her innocence, how could she be a murderer?
What makes this film one of the greatest crime thrillers of all time is the unexpected twist and unusualness of the trial which gives this plot something most movies do not acquire. The casting of actors and actresses only help add to the overall intensity and mystery director Uli Edel was aiming for.
The main reason why I rated this film a perfect five star is because of the moral behind the plot. Writer Brad Mirman wanted to exhibit the power that women actually do retain, despite how society has always viewed women as weak and submissive to men. With his goal of showing that women possess a sexual appeal and charm that men do not, women of all kind would enjoy this film.

It may not be the best film on the planet, but it has been judged a little too hard in my opinion - mainly because there is always a sentiment to bash Madonna present before anyone has seen the film. Thus, a 60-65% film (as this is) receives a much lower rating, because it start with a -50 before it is screened. This is quite sad, because it is worth a watch. Specially for the uncomfortable sex scenes.

Alot of people beileve just because Madonna has flops in the box office makes her the reason for failed acting career. Truth behold asking your husband to star you in a movie never works. but while young, before guy richie she starred in a jaded,sexy,controversial movie. I've seen it and i believe this is great peices of art, i appluad her. shes Strikingly Beuatiful and guilty tell proven innocent.

I like it but the only reason I did watch it was to see Madonna naked =)

As a fan of Willem Dafoe I was kind of hopping this wouldn't be to bad. But this film is a film that should be thrown out of theaters and into the $2 bin at a walmart or something