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Fatal Attraction
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- 1987
- Adrian Lyne
- 114 mins
- 18
Summary
Thriller starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. While his wife and daughter are away, Manhattan lawyer Dan Gallagher has a passionate fling with Alex Forrest, an unmarried woman he meets through business. It is an affair that is to have terrifying consequences for Gallagher and his family.
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
John Ferguson
This is the movie that, among other things, helped create a new genre: the crazed female from hell (see Basic Instinct, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and The Crush for prime examples). Glenn Close plays the obsessed woman driven to extreme lengths when she discovers that Michael Douglas is not going to leave his wife (Anne Archer) for her. Close is excellent in a thankless role, while Douglas established himself as the troubled icon of middle-class America, the ordinary man who would later find himself getting out of his depth in the likes of Falling Down and Disclosure. The movie's message (it's all right to have an affair as long as it's not with a nutcase) is more than a little dubious, but there is no denying its slick power and director Adrian Lyne milks the tension for all it's worth. However, he had to reshoot the movie's climax after test audiences gave the thumbs down to his first ending.
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rolenameDan GallagherMichael Douglas (1)Alex ForrestGlenn CloseBeth GallagherAnne ArcherEllen GallagherEllen Hamilton LatzenJimmyStuart PankinHildyEllen FoleyArthurFred GwynneJoan RogersonMeg MundyHoward RogersonTom BrennanMarthaLois SmithBob DrimmerMike NussbaumO'RourkeJ J JohnstonLieutenantMichael ArkinFuselliSam CoppolaReceptionistEunice PrewittBabysitterJane KrakowskiReal estate agentJustine JohnstonTeacherMary JoyTeacherChristine FarrellChuckMark McQue
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rolenameDirectorAdrian Lyne
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Released on
1988-01-15
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing, sex scenes, nudity.
Available on
video and DVD
Formats
Colour
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