Dangerous Liaisons
Dir: Stephen Frears
Star: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Uma Thurmann
[3] Trash City reviewing an Oscar winner? After last time, with The Accused, this might be a surprise, so to retain street-cred, I'll claim I only went because Uma Thurmann was in it. However, it is a damn good film - Dynasty
in pre-revolution France (John
Malkovich's accent being more Brooklyn than Bordeaux), with lots of
intrigue, plus an approach which is occasionally surprisingly trashy (helped by Peter Lair of the White Worm Capaldi). And Uma Thurmann is very cute!
8/10.
1999 update - The above really fails to do the film justice; Close and Malkovich tower above this film like Godzilla and... that three-headed one, y'know, Ghidorah? Anyway, despite the costumes and the cloying politeness, this is undeniably a bloke flick: Malkovich's character is the silver-tongued, amoral Lothario we all would love to be, who can talk any woman into bed. Close is, er, close but inevitably gets out-maneouvered, though she does have most of the best lines en route. The supporting cast, led by petticoated bimbos Pfeiffer and Thurmann, are also good, and even non-petticoated bimbo Keanu Reeves is much better than his usual, teak-lined self. Several centuries may have passed, but this is still every bit as relevant. Malicious, capricious, vicious and delicious.
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