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Film · 1988 · Historical drama
Dangerous Liaisons
Directed by Stephen Frears
1988
★ 5.5 editorial score
Glenn Close and John Malkovich play two aristocrats who ruin people for entertainment: Frears films eighteenth-century seduction as a campaign with objectives, and the wit stays lethal to the end.
“Set just prior to the French Revolution, "Dangerous Liaisons" is about sex as gamesmanship, and its spirit is keyed to Close's nakedly malevolent smile. With that opening glance, she draws the audience into her confidence, making it a party to her cynical schemes. It's this sense of complicity that makes the movie such a delectably naughty experience.”
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