Dangerous Liaisons |  | Director: Stephen Frears
Actors: Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 8,334
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.5 x 0.5
MPN: WARD11872D
ISBN: 6304696515
UPC: 085391187226
EAN: 9780790732770
ASIN: 6304696515
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1988
Release Date: October 29, 1997
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Product Description
The biting satire about love and lust, passion and deception includes director's commentary.
Amazon.com
A sumptuously mounted and photographed celebration of artful wickedness, betrayal, and sexual intrigue among depraved 18th-century French aristocrats, Dangerous Liaisons (based on Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses) is seductively decadent fun. The villainous heroes are the Marquise De Merteuil (Glenn Close) and the Vicomte De Valmont (John Malkovich), who have cultivated their mutual cynicism into a highly developed and exquisitely mannered form of (in-)human expression. Former lovers, they now fancy themselves rather like demigods whose mutual desires have evolved beyond the crudeness of sex or emotion. They ritualistically act out their twisted affections by engaging in elaborate conspiracies to destroy the lives of their less calculating acquaintances, daring each other to ever-more-dastardly acts of manipulation and betrayal. Why? Just because they can; it's their perverted way of getting get their kicks in a dead-end, pre-Revolutionary culture. Among their voluptuous and virtuous prey are fair-haired angels played by Michelle Pfeiffer and Uma Thurman, who have never looked more ripe for ravishing. When the Vicomte finds himself beset by bewilderingly genuine emotions for one of his victims, the Marquise considers it the ultimate betrayal and plots her heartless revenge. Dangerous Liaisons is a high-mannered revel for the actors, who also include Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick, and Keanu Reeves. --Jim Emerson
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 Great Movie - Quality VHS July 14, 2010
Goddess (MA, USA)
I love this movie and planned on buying it on DVD. After reading the reviews of the poor quality reproduction on DVD (and then recalling that I noticed how dark the DVD was when renting) I chose to get the "archaic" VHS copy. This copy is very good quality and so I enjoyed the movie fully! I recommend the movie and the VHS copy. VHS was sent quickly.
Drama, conspiracy, lust and much more.... July 7, 2010
Ankur Mukherjee
A brilliant piece of film indeed. Even though it started in a slow pace, after a couple of minutes, I couldn't take my eyes off the characters and was easily drifted away along with the film. John Malkovich is excellent, his chemistry with Glenn Close and Michelle Pfeiffer both are amazingly wonderful. Glenn Close plays the evil lady in the a very precise manner while Pfeiffer gives a stunning performance as the married woman torn between shame and lust. A remarkable piece of cinema and sharp performances, acting and direction makes it worth a watch.
 Not my cup of tea March 24, 2010
Jane Austen
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I don't honestly know what I expected when I decided to rent this movie - I should have researched it a little better. I found the story and the characters completely unsavory and, while the irony did not at all escape me, I felt almost sickened seeing the way some humans treat one another. Don't get me wrong, I like historical movies and (especially) British mysteries, but most of them have some redeeming values; however, I could not find any in this film. I thought Glen Close's character was snakelike and repellent and can't imagine why any man with half a brain would want to sleep with her, much less go to a lot of trouble to do it. I did try to watch "Valmont" because I like Colin Firth, but this whole story is just too offensive to me to enjoy.
Delicious! February 19, 2010
yippee1999 (New York, NY United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The sumptuous costumes and backdrop go without saying. I love John Malkovich, and he does not disappoint in this role. Glenn Close was also good. I found Keanu Reeves' and Uma Thurman's performances both to be a bit 'weak'. But for me, it was (surprisingly to me) Michelle Pfeiffer who really stood out. Before she gives in to the advances of John's character, you can completely FEEL her pain...that pain of wanting someone so badly...the physical desire...and feeling that you cannot have it. You can see it in her eyes...her mouth...
 Disappointed January 24, 2010
Sandie (California)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've purchased several DVD's from Amazon and I've always been very satisfied...until now.
This particular DVD was of very poor quality, dark and grainy. I would have sent it back, but it's not worth the postage.
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