A lightweight but most enjoyable comedy-mystery.
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10/30/07
Compromising Positions (1985)
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Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 9
Rotten:8
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When a Long Island dentist -- who seduced most of his female patients -- suddenly turns up dead, Judith Singer (the only housewife who never slept with Dr. Fleckstein) decides to investigate the... [More]
Starring: Susan Sarandon, Raul Julia, Edward Herrmann, Judith Ivey
Director: Frank Perry
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A silly little whodunnit that's a mild embarrassment to all involved.
10/30/07
Top CriticIt's all very humorous and engaging, if only for proving that American whodunits don't have to have car chases and brutality; and it has a wicked eye for the vacuity of middle-class good life and what it may conceal.
02/09/06
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10/21/05
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06/29/05
Frank Perry’s lackadaisical direction hobbles the forward movement of the story and keeps it from being a funny as it could be.
08/21/04
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08/04/04
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06/23/04
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02/27/04
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08/22/03
For the most part this is a sharp, funny black comedy crossed with a mildly suspenseful whodunnit, although its reliance on truly dislikeable characters with more money than sense lets it down somewhat.
05/24/03
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02/06/03
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10/03/02
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08/22/02
Instantly forgettable fluff.
07/26/02
A very mixed bag, but those who've missed a storytelling sense in American movies might want to have a look.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe movie has such a bitter core, such a distaste for its characters, that I ended up feeling uncomfortable in its company.
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