Product Description: A new york lawyer with a wife and daughter sleeps with a client whose lust turns to hate. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 01/04/2005 Starring: Michael Douglas Anne Archer Run time: 119 minutes Rating: R Director: Adrian Lyne
Amazon.com essential video: The date movie of the late 1980s, this had everyone arguing in the aisles. Does Michael Douglas deserve the unwanted attention he and his family are receiving at the hands of loony stalker Glenn Close? After a weekend extramarital affair with colleague Close, he returns home to wife Anne Archer, and Close becomes progressively angrier. You might even say she is boiling bunny mad.
Directed by Adrian Lyne, this is not your average thriller, as it garnered six Academy Award nominations. The plot is too obvious, but the dialogue rings true and the intense performances hold the story together. Anne Archer deserves kudos for side-stepping cliché as the strong but frightened wife, and Close is a scream as she chews up the scenery.
The film's original ending, which was reshot after poor preview screenings, has been added to the video release. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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Rating: - Gift
My daughter had never seen this movie and for some reason had missed it on T.V. So I purchased it for her. She said it is one of her favorites and the quality of the dvd was excellent.
Rating: - Just Remeber that Men Can Unravel As Well
This was a slick thriller that was hard to look away from.
It was awfully warm and fuzzy watching an attractive family that had it all. It was equally chilling watching things melt down as ... Read More
Rating: - Lost a bit of it's spark over the years but still good
I remember when the film came out. Film goers were talking about it.
Of course, the memorable lines & scenes.
To me it has lost a bit of it's edge over the passage of 21 years. ... Read More
Rating: - Pure '80s gold that simply won't be ignored.
It is totally campy by today's standards, but it caused quite a sensation back in 1987. Glenn Close plays Alex Forrest, a mentally unstable career woman who has a one night stand with Dan Gallagher, a successful ... Read More
Rating: - [4.5] Men...all the more reason to never cheat on your wife
It is no doubt that Fatal Attraction is a classic, and fatal attraction are two words you've most likely heard at some point in life even if you haven't watched the film. Without even going into details I will already ... Read More
- Gift
- Lost a bit of it's spark over the years but still good