The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Fatal Attraction
Thriller · Drama · Romance · 1987
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Movie details
Fatal Attraction
“A look that led to an evening. A mistake he'll regret... FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.”
1987 Thriller · Drama · Romance 1h 59m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.9 / 10
109K votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74 %
Tomatometer
Metacritic
67 / 100
Metascore
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Fatal Attraction?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
Taste neighbourhood
Nearby on the taste map.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Adrian Lyne
Written by
James Dearden
Michael Douglas
Dan Gallagher
Glenn Close
Alexandra "Alex" Forrest
Anne Archer
Beth Gallagher
Ellen Hamilton Latzen
Ellen Gallagher
Stuart Pankin
Jimmy
Ellen Foley
Hildy
Fred Gwynne
Arthur
Court is in session
Put Fatal Attraction on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.