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Cast

Jeremy Irons
as Claus von Bülow

Ron Silver
as Professor Alan Dershowitz

Annabella Sciorra
as Sarah

Uta Hagen
as Maria

Fisher Stevens
as David Marriott

Christine Baranski
as Andrea Reynolds

Mano Singh
as Raj

Felicity Huffman
as Minnie

Alan Pottinger
as Chuck

Julie Hagerty
as Alexandra Isles

Sarah Fearon
as Ala von Auersberg

Jad Mager
as Alexander von Auersberg

Howard Feuer

Glenn Close
as Sunny von Bülow

Julie Hoggerly

Jack Gilpin
as Peter MacIntosh

Stephen Mailer
as Elon Dershowitz

Christine Dunford
as Ellen

Johann Carlo
as Nancy

Mitchell Whitfield
as Curly

Gordon Joseph Weiss
as Tom Berman

LisaGay Hamilton
as Mary

JD Cullum
as John

Michael Wikes
as Steve Famiglietti

Thomas Dorff
as Brillhoffer

Frederick Neumann
as Judge

Conrad McLaren
as Sheriff

Leo Leyden
as Englishman

Malachy McCourt
as Englishman

Keith Reddin
as Dobbs

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• Dec 27, 2015

  I'm not a big fan of Barbet Schroeder's work. He often fails to commit to saying much of anything at all. It seems he considers his subject matter deeply, but then ultimately sits on the fence after having considered all the perspectives in what is often subversive, controversial, and/or provocative material. Still, I do think it is commendable that he doesn't pander to any one view, but instead attempts to turn the experience into a meditation on the curiosities of human nature. It's just that sometimes this approach works, and can be quite rewarding, and other times it doesn't really work at all. Here, it basically does. But by turning some of the story elements into social satire and others into courtroom/moral drama and detective fare, they either combine brilliantly or flatly don't work at all. Jeremy Irons is brilliant. There are also some surprisingly entertaining scenes with Jeremy's character and the appeals team, not to mention a clever meditation on the strengths and dangers of the American legal system.
  Super Reviewer
• Sep 17, 2012

  A passable TV drama that fails to focus on one specific genre, and offers a mixture of thriller, mystery & a bit of courtroom drama. The conventional dramatic execution limits its effectiveness. Not having much expectations probably saved me the miseries, and made it a passable fare. Edit: In retrospect, I feel it'd be justifiable to rate it 3/5 for what it is.
  familiar s Super Reviewer
• Aug 28, 2012

  Very entertaining, the perfect murder picture about the death of Sunny von Bülow and how her husband Claus von Bülow may have or may not have been the one responsible. Although to be honest, I didn't care who was the one responsible. What mattered was how the film was able to be darkly funny, intriguing and frank about the possiblities of the case. Ther performances are great. Jeremy Irons is very good as Claus von Bulow who has a drab voice and smokes his ciggs like a hardcore smoker. Ron Silver plays as von Bulow's lawyer Alan Dershowitz who believes von Bulow is guilty but agrees to defend him so von Burlow fund's Dershowitz defense of two poor black teenagers accused of capital murder. Dershowitz gets a bunch of law working students to help him in the case and it's amazing how they all work together. One woman wants out and feels von Bulow is a murderer while Dershowitz in a stunning scene explains why she should stay. Annabella Sciorra is sarah who plays as one of the law students and possibly Dershowitz's lover, is sharp and careful with her own facts. She tries to see things from a different angle. I also admired the narration done by Glen Close as the vegetative Sunny von Bülow. It's erie just watching her play that role while narrating the story. I must say I did cringe when she played a vegetable in bed. "Reversal Of Fortune" is a great movie and an intelligent one. You can look at it as entertainment or one can have their own feelings on von Bulow and the trial. Again I didn't care if he did it or not but it was funny when he scared the cash register to buy him lots of insulin. He was just kidding of course.
  Brian R Super Reviewer
• Jul 20, 2012

  They threw Jeremy Irons an Oscar for this which I think reflected a body of work rather than this in particular. THere is nothing terribly wrong with it. It just reeks of dullness.
  

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