Fatal Attraction

Pros: Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, Anne Archer, Direction, Score
Cons: Difficult ending

Fatal Attraction (1987) "I won't allow you treat me like some slut you can just bang a couple of times and throw in the garbage." Alex Forrest Michael Douglas figures to knock off an easy piece while the wife is away but finds he's bitten ...

Pros: Stylish, tense screenplay, good acting, solid directing.
Cons: Ending was a bit too Hollywood-ish; Close's frizzy curls telegraph her madness early

Like Thelma & Louise in the early 1990s, director Adrian (Flashdance) Lyne's Fatal Attraction was the "watercooler conversation piece" of 1987, stirring up countless discussions about the movie's themes of infidelity, sexual ...

Pros: classic, effective thriller with great performances and masterful direction; Glen Close nails "crazy"
Cons: superficial antifeminist storyline, yuppie scum; Glen Close isn't that attractive to begin with.

It's funny when Hollywood grabs a tiger by the tail and doesn't know it. It's even funnier when Hollywood either can't, or won't, admit as much - which is what you find in the three documentaries that accompany the Fatal Attraction DVD. The classic ...

Pros: The fact they pull no punches, they let the hatred fly
Cons: violent

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Pros: Great acting, interesting plot.
Cons: Can't think of any.

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 ...

Pros: Close, direction.
Cons: Climax doesn't completely deliver.

I've always thought that infidelity stems from a lack of dedication. I've always thought that a lack of dedication stems from a hurried marriage. You shouldn't marry someone that you're not willing to be completely committed to; one must always stop and ...

Pros: A Perfectly Executed Tale Of Morality.
Cons: Up Close And Personal.

Sixteen long years after it scared the pants back on unfaithful husbands, Fatal Attraction remains an immensely enjoyable and powerful thriller. It was a box office smash at the time of it's release and made household names out of it's two leads.
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Pros: Thriller, Suspenseful, and original
Cons: The ending was somewhat over the top.

Not many films have impacted film goers like Fatal Attraction. This film was quite original when it premiered in 1987. It became the anthem of married women and women preparing to get married, required their fiances to view this moving, shocking,...

Pros: acting, maybe the concept
Cons: to be trite and typical .. everything else

I don't know where to begin. I really hated this movie. The concept may be good: guy goes for a fling, wants to stay in his marriage and keep his life the same, but it doesn't end there .. with big repercussions. I understand the moral - for lack...

Pros: acting, story
Cons: For mature audiences only

When the wife and kids are away, Dan Gallagher (Micheal Douglas) will play, play the new found lover of a clingy Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) for one weekend. During this weekend its quite obvious that they share moments where it seems like Alex is smitten ...

Pros: Glen Close does a good psychopath, nail biting ending
Cons: rather slow until the scary finale

Many consider Fatal Attraction, released in 1987, to be the last great thriller ever made. I argue that Basic Instinct
is the last great thriller ever made. But Fatal Attraction,
where a crazy Glen Close stalks a frightened Michael Douglas...

Pros: Leaves you on the edge of your seat
Cons: The poor rabbit died :(

Michael Douglas plays a lawyer who is married and has a daughter and 1 mistake could cost him his family and his life. that one mistake was an affair that went to far. He one day met this beautiful and intreaging woman (Glenn Close) and they got close to...

Pros: Action to the hilt!
Cons: Glenn Close was getting too CLOSE!!!!

The first time watching this movie was when it was brand new and out in the theatres, but I really enjoyed watching this very highly powerful and emotional movie.

Glenn Close and Michael Douglas starred in this movie as two lovers who would...

Pros: Gripping, suspenseful, frightening
Cons: --

Michael Douglas and Glenn Close engage in two rather intense one-night stands at the beginning of the film (one in an elevator, one on Michael Douglas' kitchen sink). Afterward, Close becomes obsessed with Douglas, stalking him and causing no end of...

Pros: Husbands are speedily becoming non-trust-worthy !irresponsible husbands are a pain to the society.
Cons: No cons! shown the utter & biter truth regarding men and their carelessness !

It all started with Dan having to take the dog out for a night walk ..only to come back and find his child sleeping on his side of the bed !!And the very next day - his wife goes to spend the weekend with her parents! - He missed out on a 'special ...