Fatal Attraction

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Fatal Attraction

R

Released Sep 11, 1987

1h 59m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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For Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth (Anne Archer), and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex (Glenn Close), everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.

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Critics Consensus

A potboiler in the finest sense, Fatal Attraction is a sultry, juicy thriller that's hard to look away from once it gets going.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

This is a horror film based on the sanctity of the family -- the dream family. It enforces conventional morality (in the era of AIDS) by piling on paranoiac fear. The family that kills together stays together, and the audience is hyped up.

Sep 15, 2023

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

It’s a fine line between pathos and ridiculousness, and Close walks it like a velvet tightrope.

May 5, 2023

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Jay Scott

Globe and Mail

Fatal Attraction evolves toward the cheaply manipulative and silly.

Dec 7, 2022

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

Seen from a slightly removed perspective, the film becomes a stylized variation on conservative AIDS panic and a provocation to conservative heteronormativity. It has to be said that not all of the film has aged well.

Rated: 77/100

Nov 24, 2023

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

However lethal Alex may be, Lyne introduces notes of empathy in an ingenious way...

Jun 23, 2023

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

As a thriller it has a start that rises with the presence of Glenn Close, but its degree of intrigue ends up being cut off easily when it interrogates guilt, obsession and the ethical corollaries of adultery in a sanitized zone. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

May 4, 2023

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Dana B

Glen Close at her finest

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Wyatt S

This is one of my favorites 👍👌

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/25

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Bruno V

Filme fóbico e atrativo.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/24/25

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Yannis M

Glen close set the bar high with this one

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/07/25

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bob c

Very 1980s. But well done for that. Today, less sympathy for the bloke. But why wasn’t she on meds? The happy family ending would make Trumpites proud, if a little squirmy. Poor old rabbit.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/25

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Liam D

The start of an string of multiple thrillers but non can replicate the suspense and the terror thanks to the fantastic editing

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Synopsis

For Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas), life is good. He is on the rise at his New York law firm, is happily married to his wife, Beth (Anne Archer), and has a loving daughter. But, after a casual fling with a sultry book editor named Alex (Glenn Close), everything changes. Jilted by Dan, Alex becomes unstable, her behavior escalating from aggressive pursuit to obsessive stalking. Dan realizes that his main problem is not hiding his affair, but rather saving himself and his family.

Director: Adrian Lyne
Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing
Screenwriter: James Dearden, Nicholas Meyer
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 6, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $154.0M
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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