Fatal Attraction
"People just can't stop talking about this movie." -Time Magazine
Stylish and sexy, Fatal Attraction took audiences to terrifying new heights with its thrilling story of a casual encounter gone terribly awry.
This box-office smash was nominated for six Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Director (Adrian Lyne - Indecent Proposal, Flashdance). Michael Douglas plays Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney who has a tryst with seductive Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) while his wife (Anne Archer) is away. Dan later shrugs off the affair as a mistake and considers it over. But Alex won't be ignored. Not now, not tomorrow, not ever... even if it means destroying Dan's family to keep him.
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those who play with fire get burned - movie_goer
It's hard to believe when Fatal Attraction was released on the silver screen i was only a year old.
Now grown up i can appreciate it's cinematic beauty and raw style. This movie was unlike anything during it's era and better then just Ordinary!! Michael Douglas and Glenn Close sparked chemistry so real i'd like to see more of them together onscreen. For me Fatal attraction's the perfect reason why people should not have affairs. I'm a fanatic of this film!Excellent Performance by Glenn Close In A Rather Ordinary Movie - revsdd
The performance of Glenn Close is what makes this worth the effort of watching. She shines in an excellent performance as Alex Forest, the spurned lover of Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), whose obsession with their relationship becomes progressively more violent. Close plays Forest as the successful business type, the emotionally wounded woman and the deranged psychopath, and makes every aspect of Alex believable. Douglas is always competent, and no less here than anywhere else, but his portrayal of Gallagher was a bit shallow and unconvincing.
The story of the spurned woman seeking revenge is hardly original, and the twists and turns are predictable, and a few things in the story made little sense. First, given that Gallagher seemed to have a good relationship with his wife Beth (Ann Archer) and a happy family life as the father of Ellen (Ellen Hamilton Latzen) he seemed to fall too easily under Alex's spell. Their relationship didn't come across as believable to me. Then, setting up the last confrontation of the movie, Gallagher is shown locking the doors to his house, with his body language suggesting that he had forgotten to lock them before. What? After everything he and his family had been through, he didn't think to keep the doors locked at all times! How did this guy get through law school? Finally, the ending was predictable, and for about the 914th time in the movies we see a villain who seems to be dead come back to life. There's no shock to this anymore, although I suppose when "Fatal Attraction" was actually released (in 1987) it was actually only the 674th time this had happened. In short, there really wasn't much imagination at the end.
This movie is all right as a way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon, but except for a few scenes (the thought of the boiling pot in the kitchen - and its contents will stay with you) this is hardly edge of your seat stuff. Watch it for the excellent performance by Close, though.so so - tal-
Pretty predictable but realy enjoyed the actors.Glen Close is perfect in this film she realy makes it believable.I realy like the way they make you think how the consequences of your actions can affect the rest of your life.. i thought that the wife was a little naive but all in all this film is a keeper..
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those who play with fire get burned - movie_goer
It's hard to believe when Fatal Attraction was released on the silver screen i was only a year old.
Now grown up i can appreciate it's cinematic beauty and raw style. This movie was unlike anything during it's era and better then just Ordinary!! Michael ...Excellent Performance by Glenn Close In A Rather Ordinary Movie - revsdd
The performance of Glenn Close is what makes this worth the effort of watching. She shines in an excellent performance as Alex Forest, the spurned lover of Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), whose obsession with their relationship becomes progressively more ...so so - tal-
Pretty predictable but realy enjoyed the actors.Glen Close is perfect in this film she realy makes it believable.I realy like the way they make you think how the consequences of your actions can affect the rest of your life.. i thought that the wife was a ...