Dangerous Liaisons

1959

1h 48m

Drama

Romance

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88%

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8 Reviews

71%

Audience Score

500+ Ratings

Juliette (Jeanne Moreau) and her husband, Valmont (Gérard Philipe), are an attractive, much-gossiped-about couple who help one another find lovers on the side in order to keep their own relationship interesting. Neither Juliette nor Valmont has ever taken these dalliances seriously, until Juliette's newest beau ditches her for the chaste Cecile (Jeanne Valerie). Scorned, Juliette enlists Valmont to seduce Cecile and ruin her good name, but the plan results in betrayal and violence.

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Dwight MacDonald

Esquire Magazine

The trouble with Les Liaisons Dangereuses is that Roger Vadim is a banal director with a defective sense of style. And style is what was needed for this transliteration into modern terms of Laclos' eighteenth-century novel.

Jul 11, 2019

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 4/5

Aug 27, 2005

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

eerie and provocative

Rated: 4/5

Feb 26, 2005

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Rated: 4/5

Jan 10, 2005

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Angela Baldassarre

Sympatico.ca

Rated: 3/5

Jul 27, 2004

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Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS)

More than competent, far too often overlooked treatment.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 9, 2004

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kevin w

Vadim broke filmic sexual taboos for his time which seem tame nowadays, and so this look at decadence may be nigh forgotten and yet it still holds power as an intelligent liberal couple sow seeds of discontent merely because they can ... to their consuming regret (it was still the 1950's!). Interesting especially as seduction is very important to coercion in Vadim's eyes, and how American jazz, supplied by no less than Thelonius Monk, is only a tool of that decadence ...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Good version of the play that does a good job with the pleasures of the story but also doesn't entirely resolve the lack of emotion in the two leads. The story still feels like it's satisfying a desire to see people fail, at one level or another.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Beautiful performance by Moreau. This film broke so many barriers in terms of sexuality. I loved the theme of exploring women...finding the purpose of a woman, their intentions, desires, etc. Oh! and I absolutely loved the The Thelonius Monk music. The music played brilliantly throughout the whole film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Parce qu'il est toujours dangereux d'etre attiree par un belatre...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Decadent fun, with a cool Thelonius Monk score. The accidental self-immolation at the end was a bit extreme, but overall, it's hard to believe this was made by the guy who did "Barbarella."

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

Wonderful lead performances by Jeanne Moreau and Gerard Philipe highligt this trendy version a classic. Watch out for a young Jean-Louis Tringtignant in the Keanu Reeves-part. The music is good music but too much of it, which distracts you from the story.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Roger Vadim

Director

Gérard Philipe

Vicomte de Valmont

Jeanne Moreau

Juliette de Merteuil

Jeanne Valerie

Cécile Volanges

Annette Stroyberg

Marianne Tourvel

Simone Renant

Mme Volanges

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Synopsis

Juliette (Jeanne Moreau) and her husband, Valmont (Gérard Philipe), are an attractive, much-gossiped-about couple who help one another find lovers on the side in order to keep their own relationship interesting. Neither Juliette nor Valmont has ever taken these dalliances seriously, until Juliette's newest beau ditches her for the chaste Cecile (Jeanne Valerie). Scorned, Juliette enlists Valmont to seduce Cecile and ruin her good name, but the plan results in betrayal and violence.

Director: Roger Vadim
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 48m