- Film Review
- Reviewed By Adrian Turner
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2 out of 5
Dial M for Murder was not one of Hitchcock's best movies, but this remake isn't even in the same league, despite the appeal of its two stars, Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow. Douglas takes the Ray Milland role here, plotting the demise of his beautiful, wealthy wife, Paltrow (played by Grace Kelly in the original), by getting her lover, Viggo Mortensen, to murder her for a $500,000 fee. So far so good, but things quickly come unglued. So, too, does Andrew Davis's direction, which sometimes fails to maintain the tension of the first hour, while the script seems more interested in making obvious points about life and art in the late 1990s.
Plot Summary
Mystery thriller based on the play Dial M for Murder, starring Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow. Wall Street financier Steven Taylor suspects his rich young wife of having an affair and, with her personal fortune at stake, decides to hire someone to commit the perfect killing.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Steven Taylor
- Michael Douglas (1)
- Emily Bradford Taylor
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- David Shaw
- Viggo Mortensen
- Detective Mohamed Karaman
- David Suchet
- Raquel Martinez
- Sarita Choudhury
- Detective Bobby Fain
- Michael P Moran
- Ambassador Alice Wills
- Novella Nelson
Crew
- Director
- Andrew Davis
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