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Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen/Full Screen)

Glenn Close (Actor), John Malkovich (Actor), Stephen Frears (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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A sumptuously mounted and photographed celebration of artful wickedness, betrayal, and sexual intrigue among depraved 18th-century French aristocrats, Dangerous Liaisons (based on Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses) is seductively decadent fun. The villainous heroes are the Marquise De Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte De Valmont (John Malkovich), who have cultivated their mutual cynicism into a highly developed and exquisitely mannered form of (in-)human expression. Former lovers, they now fancy themselves rather like demigods whose mutual desires have evolved beyond the crudeness of sex or emotion. They ritualistically act out their twisted affections by engaging in elaborate conspiracies to destroy the lives of their less calculating acquaintances, daring each other to ever-more-dastardly acts of manipulation and betrayal. Why? Just because they can; it's their perverted way of getting get their kicks in a dead-end, pre-Revolutionary culture. Among their voluptuous and virtuous prey are fair-haired angels played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman, who have never looked more ripe for ravishing. When the Vicomte finds himself beset by bewilderingly genuine emotions for one of his victims, the Marquise considers it the ultimate betrayal and plots her heartless revenge. Dangerous Liaisons is a high-mannered revel for the actors, who also include Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, and Keanu Reeves. --Jim Emerson

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, April 18 2004
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El Grande (Fort Wayne, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
From an earlier review...

"Great Potential Ruined By Mediocre Actors"

Oh, now THIS is rich...

THREE Oscar-nominated performances, and one of those is an example of "mediocre" acting? Gimme a break.

This is without doubt a fine film... Wicked, delightful, and delicious even for this guy's guy (forget that "chick flick" nonsense, any man who doesn't wish to take Malkovich's place in "educating" a very young Ms. Thurman is delusional). Five stars, a modern classic.

Superb cinematography, acting, costumes, dialogue, etc. Highly recommended.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You could ever want, Mar 31 2004
This review is from: Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
All the actors in this movie are at some of their bests. The scenery and costuming if a awe inspiring. This movie will have you thinking about it for days after you have seen it, you will want to see it again and again, and each time you will love it more then the previous time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Stiff Competition, Mar 10 2004
This review is from: Dangerous Liaisons (Widescreen/Full Screen) (DVD)
I first saw this on VHS a few years ago, and remember being stunned by the great acting, the rich costumes, fine settings, not to mention the sheer depravity of the tale; easily 4-5 stars. Then, purely by chance this year, I bought a copy of Untold Scandal, not realising it was a Korean version of the same story. Wow! Folks, this is how it should be done.
Intrigued, I dug out my old tape and watched it again. The performances still stand up, but the film-making looks jerky, crude, graceless. Still worth watching? Yes; but get hold of Untold Scandal too. You won't be sorry.
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