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139 minutes
France/UK (1992)
18
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BITTER MOON FILM REVIEW |
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Innocents abroad Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas become entangled in the fantasies of paralysed writer Peter Coyote and wife Emmanuelle Seigner in Polanski's solemn psychological drama
On a second honeymoon cruise, Nigel (Grant) is drawn into the dark thrall of Oscar 's (Coyote) description of his marriage to Gallic ball-breaker Mimi (Seigner, Polanski's wife). In an effort to save their union from the fatal effects of boredom, the couple embark on increasingly dangerous sex-games, with crippling results.
Nigel's fascination with their story, and with Mimi herself, threatens to destroy his own relationship with staid bride Fiona (Scott Thomas).
Polanski's study of a marriage based on obsession, lust and cruelty was panned by critics as tasteless pornography, but there's a rich fascination in the film's openly voyeuristic, lurid extremes.
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