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  Good costume flick, and the bitchiness ain't bad either
Review created: 08/09/08

Great period rococo costumes, gives you a good idea how hard it was to get dressed every day. A wonderful adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos' sublime novel. Why they cast John Malkovich as a hottie is beyond me... however, Glenn Close is perfect, I only wish she could have got away with it all and lived happily ever after!


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  Dangerous Liaisons 1997
Review created: 06/01/08
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Excellent acting from Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer. I love the set and costumes the actors wore. Although I haven't read the book it was adapted from, I was very much engrossed at the story. Wonderfully done.


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  Great movie!
Review created: 03/09/08

I think this is the best performance I have ever seen by Glenn Close! She played such an amazing character! Swoosie Kurtz also did well, as did Michelle Pfeiffer. John Malcovich isn't one of my favorites, but he did well considering the role he was set for. Highly recommend this movie, as well as the more modern retelling of the story---Cruel Intentions.


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  GREAT MOVIE!!!
Review created: 02/06/08

I thinks each one of the actors has been chosen perfectly, I loved John Malkovich!!!
And the plot is excellent, the finale is the best I've seen ... it totally catches you by surprise.


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  Dangerous Liaisons
Review created: 09/01/07
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0 of 1 people found this review helpful.

We heard this movie had great scenes of Venice...obviously got the wrong information. At was not the kind of movie we enjoy...will research our choices better the next time.


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  Dangerous Liaisons
Review created: 06/08/07
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I love the whole story; it excites my imagination all the way through. I think absolutely every cast member was spectacular and this film deserved every good credit it received along with the cast. It had everything, mystery, romance, comedy, tragedy, it was epic. I bought it because ever since I saw it the first time (on theatrical release) it's been on my wish list. :) If you buy it, I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have/will.


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  Dangerous Liaisons
Review created: 02/02/07

I travel a lot on business and do extensive research on the hotel I am staying at. I recently visited MI and found that the hotel had a VCR. I borrowed Dangerous Liaisons from my uncle and took it with me. The movie was so good that I have to have it in DVD form. When I returned from MI I search ebay for it and of course I found it. It was in great condition.


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  Beautiful Movies!
Review created: 11/06/06
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I love this movie! The music, the costumes, the acting, the cast! Everything about this movie is great. The plot's in the movie keep you guessing till the end. How can you pass up a movie about love, hate, trust, lie's, sex, and betrayal!


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  Lavish and Deliciously Over the Top
Review created: 07/05/06
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This elegant film is probably in my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Set in early 18th century France, this lavish spectacle begins by showing the arduous process both main characters undergo to get dressed for a party.

The Vicomte de Valmont, played with extraordinary skill by a bewigged John Malkovich, makes a bet that he can seduce a virtuous woman, Madame de Tourvel (A luminous Michelle Pfeiffer). His bet is with capricious Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close). He must obtain proof of his sexual contest in writing to claim his prize, a night with the Marquise. The two bored aristocrats manipulate their acquaintances with cruelty and zeal, using correspondences and the occasional in-person visit to attain their heartless goals.

It's truly delightful to watch them scheming and plotting - one can get quite a wicked thrill from it. I find this movie version a lot more vicious than the more light-hearted, mischievous "Valmont" version.

Uma Thurman in an early role doesn't have much to do but looks so amazingly stunning in her 18th century gowns and convent caps, you can't help but enjoy looking at her. Keanu Reeves makes a brief, poorly acted appearance as the music teacher and the Marquise's pawn. Swoosie Kurtz is delightful as the convent girl's scatterbrained mother.

Other than Keanu, the acting is superb. Michelle Pfeiffer is radiant, yet fragile as the Madame de Tourvel.

The set design is meticulous and gorgeous. I can't even begin to describe how fabulous the costumes are. Silks and brocades, dainty slippers, ethereal shawls, brocaded bodices, delicate gloves, lacy sleeves, gigantic skirts. John Malkovich's long buttoned coats and brocade vests are magnificent. The elegant French homes and gardens the movie was filmed around are fabulous to look at, also.

My only complaint is that if you haven't read the book, it's very difficult to keep all the names straight so that you can figure out who everybody is talking about throughout the movie. I was unfamiliar with titles like "Vicomte" and "Marquise" so I really got a lot more out of my second viewing of the film.


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