Dangerous Liaisons 1988

Critics score:
93 / 100

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Vincent Canby, New York Times: Witty, entertaining, if occasionally overripe. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: The creepy plot still holds a certain fascination. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: An absorbing and seductive movie. Read more

Steve Grant, Time Out: A sombre, manipulative affair in which the decor is never allowed to usurp our interest. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: This incisive study of sex as an arena for manipulative power games takes too long to catch fire and suffers from a deficient central performance. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: Tantalizingly wicked -- watching it makes the color rise to your cheeks. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Director Stephen Frears accelerates entertainingly through Christopher Hampton's wig-and-powder sado-comedy about sexual mind games in 18th-century France. Read more