Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons

1988-12-21 1h 59m
Drama Romance
7.2
User Score
1200 votes

"Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before."

Overview

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex-lover of hers in return for one last night with her. Yet things don’t go as planned.

Stephen Frears

Director

Christopher Hampton

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$14,000,000

Revenue

$34,670,720

Runtime

1h 59m

Release Date

1988-12-21

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Reviews

kevin2019

kevin2019

2024-02-20T05:08:17.606Z

"Dangerous Liaisons" is unquestionably one of the most captivating films to come along in quite some time. It is a visually stunning film and it makes extremely good use of some exceptional locations and interiors and the excruciatingly uncomfortable looking and cumbersome costumes are exquisitely authentic. Of course there are many people out there who will automatically shy away upon learning this is a period film and for good reason. Such films can by their very nature often be obscure and lack any meaning in the modern age. They are slow moving with arcane and unengaging dialogue and the tiresome plot can have no substance or consequence and it can lack momentum. This film has none of these failings and it is an incredibly well paced work of excellence throughout whose ensemble of characters go on the most unanticipated journeys to essentially the same destination: ruination.