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avg. user rating (1-10): 8.33
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123 minutes
United States (1987)
18
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FATAL ATTRACTION FILM REVIEW |
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Michael Douglas' one night stand with bunny boiler Glenn Close has disastrous consequences in this attention-grabbing thriller. Tense, stylish and purposefully sensational it remains a landmark of 80s filmmaking
Adrian Lyne has never been a filmmaker to do things by halves and here he goes way, way over the top. Initially turned down by every studio in Hollywood (and also rejected by no less than 26 directors) Fatal Attraction may not win any prizes for subtlety but for chilling, finger-chewing tension it's unbeatable
Well-to-do publishing exec Dan (Douglas) is happily married to Beth (Archer) but enjoys a brief fling with Alex (Close) who then announces she's pregnant. Promptly ditched by Dan she embarks on a sustained terror campaign, pouring acid on Dan's car, inveigling her way into the family home and cooking up his children's pets.
Though it's flashy and hysterical the tension is expertly calibrated and Close demonstrates fantastic range and power. At the time of its release the film was perceived as a backlash against feminism and independent womanhood. This is probably to grant Lyne an agenda he doesn't have but as a producer of merciless suspense he's never demonstrated more skill.
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