Unevenly echoing the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Basic Instinct contains a star-making performance from Sharon Stone but is ultimately undone by its problematic, overly lurid plot.
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Director -
Paul Verhoeven -
Producer -
Alan Marshall -
Screenwriter -
Joe Eszterhas -
Distributor -
Live Entertainment , Live Video , Pioneer Entertainment , Columbia Tristar -
Production Co -
Canal+ , Carolco Pictures Inc. , TriStar Pictures -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Mar 20, 1992, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 15, 2015 -
Runtime -
2h 7m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo