That was an excellent one.

How sad is this?

Absolutely Fantastic

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

(Originally reviewed: 16/02/2017) After finally getting a chance to see this film for the first time; I must say I am slightly underwhelmed that's it's not as good as I was hoping for; but nonetheless I think it's a well-acted, effective if flawed pseudosexual thriller. The performances are very good; Michael Douglas (Dan) is convincing in the main role which I expect from an actor of his skill, and Glenn Close (Alex) gives a crazy, rather effective performance as the out of control stalker; also impressive is Anne Archer (Beth) who plays the unknowing, well-grounded wife. The performances all fit nicely and everyone does there best, but out of all these performances the stand-out is Douglas who manages to effortlessly deliver a superbly believable performance and show fear, care and relief when it's most needed.I have seen Basic Instinct, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle and many other films like this beforehand so I pretty much found it rather predictable and obvious but that is not the problem that underwhelms the picture for me, as I am aware this was released long before the titles mentioned. The plot in the second half is what bothers me; I cannot believe that it was so simple for Alex (Close) to sneak into their house, not once but twice; and I'm sure that when she kills the rabbit, they would call the police but no, they don't even take action the legal way; Douglas sneaks off to confront her and we all know it's going to make her even more crazed, in which there is a fight and he doesn't kill her and she then tries to stab him when his back is turned, now I can't understand why he was going there to not end it but just too get her more nutty and riled up; but I'm sure as well there's not one person that didn't think she would try and stab Douglas's character as soon as he turned his back; which is predictable and clichéd whether it's the first of its kind or not.The first hour or so is fairly solid but as soon as it unravels it stops itself from being a truly great thriller; especially unbelievable moments like when Close's character takes Dan and Beth's daughter out of school, now why on earth would the school allow that to happen without their consent; seems rather strange to me and then there's an extremely predictable crash as Beth is not looking at the road and later on during its climax Alex manages to break into their house again unnoticed and end up holding Douglas's wife at knifepoint in the bathroom; in which Douglas runs in sounding like Tarzan to save the day in which the oldest trick in the book kicks in; the psycho who will not just die despite being drowned or stabbed and so forth; but this is no horror film; this is a thriller and it's meant to be somewhat believable; but I did not buy its third act for one minute. Though I sound negative; I did enjoy Fatal Attraction; it has a good original score, some decent thrills, some well filmed sex scenes and great performances. It may not be a great thriller but it's an effective b-movie thriller with some truly good moments and well written dialogue; so it's all in all, worth seeing.

When I think of classic thriller films this one comes to mind every time. "I won't be ignored Dan". Remember that chilling like delivered so well by Glenn close?? It's exactly that kind of acting that makes this movie work so well. Glenn close is a force to be reckoned with that's for damn sure, don't believe it? Watch this movie and then get back to me. Her entire performance is just so excellent, from being so welcoming and nice seeming at first to becoming completely obsessive, needy and ultimately completely insane. Michael Douglas is good too, at first you really don't like his character because of his blatant infidelity with Alex (Glenn Close). But then after a while you obviously feel sorry for his character because his family and entire life is being torn apart. I really did like Anne archer too, didn't really think she'd have a very substantial role as Douglas's wife, but her performance really shines and she has some pretty intense scenes that showcase just how good of an actress she is. The movie has excellent writing, especially for Alex, the dialogue shows just how progressively unhinged she becomes. And it also shows Michael Douglas and his progressive desperation and fear. Cooking the rabbit, kidnapping the daughter, and attacking Dan, everything Alex does shows the chill/creepy factor and the feeling the filmmakers are attempting to get across is definitely there. This film is a must see for thriller movie fans. 10/10!

Watching this movie always feels like a documentary explaining laws of nature. It is a surprise for me how things in real world do not end like that. I don't feel the Glenn Close character is the villain but the victim. I don't see this movie as a thriller but as something 99% possible and probable.

A white-knuckled "don't-let-this-happen-to-you" thriller that vividly demonstrates what can happen to a guy when he lets other parts of his anatomy do his thinking for him. Manhattan lawyer Dan Callagher (Mike Douglas) has it all: successful career, attractive wife, nice dog, an d a loving daughter. So why not have an extramarital fling with a woman he met at a party while the family is out of town? Sure. Just a one-night stand. No harm, no harm done. But there's something very nasty about Dan's partner in crime, because blonde Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) may have all the right moves in the sack, but she also has an elevator that doesn't go all the way to the top. So when Dan wants to shake hands and part company, Alex will have none of it, and the table is set for a one-way ticket to Looney Land...The moral is very simple: human beings are fragile. Leading on a single female as Dan Gallagher does in this movie can result in drastic consequences. Human beings are controlled by emotions: laughter, sadness, etc... Therefore, someone in Dan Gallagher's position must realize that inviting a single young lady to a tête-à-tête in a restaurant harbors relief to her solitude and brings her into a fantasy-life. On the other hand, Alex Forrest is attractive, relatively young, cultured, and intelligent. She definitely will find someone, but I still understand her reluctance to let Dan go. Overall, this is an fantastic suspenseful edge of your seat thriller type of movie, which can also be seen as a pioneer of films of this sort. No film hit the subject of cheating quite like this.Overall rating: 9 out of 10.