I am a man who appreciates the love of a good woman. I know I got it good and I would never do any thing that would jeopardize my marriage or cause my family to become a broken one. But some guys are not so wise. In fact they are fools. You know the guys I am talking about, the ones who don’t take their marriages seriously and think that it is ok to fool around as long as you don’t get caught.

One such stupid man is Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) the lead male character in the movie Fatal Attraction. Now Dan is a guy who has it all. He has a beautiful wife, a cute daughter, a great home life, and a great career. But when his wife has to go away for a couple days to handle some family issues Dan decides he needs to get himself a little, “somthin, somthin” on the side while she’s gone. During a business meeting a female in the room happens to catch his eye. After the meeting a group goes out for drinks and after a little bit of flirting with this woman named Alex (Glen Close) he finds himself at her house with her on the kitchen counter and his pants around his ankles. “Dan the Man” can’t just be cool and leave it as the one night stand it was meant to be. Since his wife is out of town he decides to spend the day with Alex and another evening. BIG MISTAKE STUPID!!

Now the wife comes home and Dan decides he is going to back to life as usual, and wants to forget all about his little tryst. But apparently Alex is not going to have any of that. He formed a relationship with her and she refuses to be cast aside. When he avoids her she decides she is going to force him to pay attention to her.

To make a long story short Alex sets out to make Dan’s life un-bearable. She starts playing games and threatens to tell Dan’s wife. When he decides that it may be better if tells his wife himself Alex becomes even more enraged and steps her game playing up to dangerous levels. She becomes more sick and twisted as the movie goes on. And the man who thought it might be fun to step outside of his marriage for a little fun now becomes the victim of a dangerous twisted woman.

This is definitely a movie that would make a man think twice before stepping out on his marriage. You got to stop and wonder is a little you know what on the side worth all this? Ladies if you suspect your man may be cheating or if you think he may be considering, I highly recommend you rent this movie to watch together. Not that every woman who sleeps with a married man turns in to a psycho, but hey why risk it.

Michael Douglas and Glen Close are both superior actors and they both really get their points across in this movie. When Alex loses it you can take one look at Close and completely believe that this is a woman who has completely snapped. I think it probably the most realistic performances of crazy woman that I have ever seen. And then there is Douglas, and who plays a victim better than Douglas? It seems he gets scorned a lot by women in movies but as many times as I have seen it, it is still completely believable.

This is a movie though made actually several years ago still manages to get its point across and it is once again a Micheal Douglas movie that seems to grab a hold of our attention and hold it through out the entire movie. You can’t help but to get sucked in to it. It is just good movie making. It is the kind of movie that stirs emotions and has people talking about it long after they have seen it. It is also the kind of movie that makes you think. And though I don’t know any one personally that this had a direct affect on but I bet at some time this movie has made people think twice before pursuing something out side of their marriages. This movie is effective and just plain good.

Due to sexual content and violence this movie is not suitable for kids.

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Recommended:
Yes

Viewing Format: DVD
Video Occasion: Better than Watching TV
Suitability For Children: Not suitable for Children of any age