Fatal Attraction

It is totally campy by today's standards, but it caused quite a sensation back in 1987. Glenn Close plays Alex Forrest, a mentally unstable career woman who has a one night stand with Dan Gallagher, a successful husband and father. After two nights of extremely bizarre love making (kitchen sink, anyone?), Dan decides that it is time to call it off for good. Big mistake. Alex Forrester teaches him a lesson he'll never forget...this film is responsible for the term "bunny boiler", by the way. Soon, Dan's wife gets in on the fun, and it all leads up to that disturbing, overwrought - and terribly cliched - climax. One thing is for sure: you never know who to root for in this film. I go back and forth between Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. I can't decide. I mean, he's the jerk that cheated on his hot wife, knowing that he has a wife and a little girl at home. In a way, I think he deserves it. There are times when I smile with glee as he is forced to suffer the consequences to his actions - Mwahahahaha! But then I think, "Geez, Glenn Close. You're one scary ho! Go on with your power hair, you demented skank! Leave that man alone! What did the rabbit do to you, you whore?! Glenn! Give me the knife! Stop cutting yourself, Glenn! Alright, Anne Archer. Blast her." It's easy to switch allegiances with the characters in this film. That's part of the fun of FATAL ATTRACTION, if you can get past the hilarious love-making scenes, which include Michael Douglas constantly, OBSESSIVELY sucking on Glenn's saggy boobs every chance he gets! EVERY love scene, he goes straight for the boobs. That's all she is to him. Just one big boob to suck. Anyways, if you can get past THAT, then you'll have the time of your life. I wasn't kidding when I said it has camp value, but it is still disturbing as well, don't get me wrong. If I learned one thing by watching this film, it's that I will NEVER, EVER cheat on my wife. EVER. And that's a good thing. I'll bet you anything that this film has saved marriages. After this film, you know why THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTRY is one of the top 10. Whew... All in all, it's an eighties classic with important moral lessons thrown in with lots of psychotic activity, kidnapping, bunny boiling, and boob sucking. Adrian Lyne would explore this territory again in 2003's UNFAITHFUL.

Great movie

Love this movie! Im older saw this when it first came out. This was one of my favorite movies. Glenn Close did an amazing job!

Adrian Lyne's stylish thriller is a highly suspenseful box office mega-hit that was one of the most talked about films of the 80s. It concerns a successful lawyer and family man named Dan Gallagher, terrifically played by Michael Douglas, who has a beautiful loving wife, Beth, endearingly played by Anne Archer in an Oscar nominated turn for Best Supporting Actress, and an adorable little daughter, Ellen, wonderfully played by child actress, Ellen Hamilton Latzen. He seems to have the perfect life. But he foolishly risks it all when he meets Alexandra Forrest, brilliantly played by Glenn Close in an truly chilling and unforgettable performance that earned her an richly deserved Oscar nomination for Best Actress. She is totally predatory and seduces Dan into a weekend of sexual depravity. Dan expects to have his hot fun, and then casually go back to his domestic paradise, but Dan gets more than he bargained for because unbeknownst to him Alex has severe emotional problems and is psychotic. When Dan attempts to go back to his own life, she hounds him and manipulates him into spending more time with her. At first, he gives in, but it quickly becomes apparent that Alex has her own plans. When he tries to go back to his home, she slits her wrists in an attempt to get him to stay. Alex has fallen completely in love with him, and after he helps her past her crisis and leaves, it does not stop, Dan’s life becomes a living nightmare as she becomes insanely obsessed with him, she calls him over and over again and eventually begins her deadly game of cat and mouse by stalking him and terrorizing his family. Astute Oscar nominated direction by Lyne, with solid supporting performances by Ellen Latzen, Fred Gwynne, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley, Meg Mundy, and Tom Brennan. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture. Highly recommended.

I finally got to watching this again after not seeing it for years and having watched the lackluster wanna be known as Obsessed. This film really delivers in the suspense, drama and so forth. Michael Douglas decides to have a one night stand with Glenn Close. She turns out to be a maniac. For those who have not seen this & have been curious about it - check this one out. This is the way suspenseful film making should be done. The first thing that came to my mind is why Douglas cheated on his wife anyway - I personally found his wife much more attractive than Close. Not only that but it was presumed that he was happy and had it all. He was a rich lawyer, the wife, the kid , the home, the dog. His character did not seem like the type who would cheat, but one can never tell these days. I guess his animal instincts came out when he saw her and there was an attraction. One can also never tell what the consequences are for cheating, which in this case takes it to extreme levels. I would have liked to have explored Closes' character a little more about why she is who she is. It was touched on a little bit, but more would have been better.. Watch for a rabbit scene which will have animal rights people having fits and watch for a scene with Close's whites of her eyes showing (no eye balls) - this was a truly terrifying scene(it reminded me of a movie called Diabolique also worth seeing) Overall this is an fantastic suspenseful edge of your seat thriller type of movie, which can also be seen as a pioneer of films of this sort. No film hit the subject of cheating quite like this. Highest recommendation and a keeper to your DVD collection. Make sure you get the special edition as it contains bonus features and not the bare bones releases... The DVD is widescreen and the transfer is very nice for the most part.

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Great dvd

Michael Douglas spielt ein rücksichtsloses, egozentrisches A-loch (wie in so vielen Filmen), der seine Milchsemmel von Frau (Anne Archer) mit einer Borderlinerin (Glenn Close) betrügt, die, als sie sich abgewiesen fühlt, Amok läuft. Der Film war anno 1987 ein Riesenhit, heimste nicht weniger als sechs Oscarnominierungen ein und ist auch heute noch sehr spannend und verstörend, weil's eben die Realität, wie es ist, mit einer Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung zu tun zu haben, treffend beschreibt. Leider ist das Finale etwas lang geraten und zu sehr "over the top", weshalb ich einen Stern abziehe.

最初は不倫のラブストーリーと思いきや ラストが結構 過激で不快感が強いので この手が苦手な人には注意!

J'avais déjà le DVD et je voulais le Blu-ray,ce Blu-ray acheter a l'étranger d'ailleurs comporte une VF incluse et dézonner l'image en HD n'a rien a voir avec le DVD pour ce qui est du film,c'est un de mes préférés,avec une Glenn Close terrifiante mais sexy dont tous le monde connait l'histoire!! c'est d'ailleurs,un des meilleurs rôles de Glenn Close pour moi!!elle est incroyable!! alors si vous voulez voir ce film en HD,je vous conseille de prendre le Blu-ray qui n'est pas cher en plus,a peine 8 euros!!