Fatal Attraction [Region 2] |  | Director: Adrian Lyne
Actors: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Stuart Pankin
Category: DVD
Buy Used: $9.50
Rating:  125 reviews
Sales Rank: 174237
Format: Pal
Languages: Arabic (Subtitled), Bulgarian (Subtitled), Czech (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Icelandic (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Polish (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), German (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 119 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437818430
ASIN: B00005UPNS
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1987
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The date movie of the late 1980s, this had everyone arguing in the aisles. Does Michael Douglas deserve the unwanted attention he and his family are receiving at the hands of loony stalker Glenn Close? After a weekend extramarital affair with colleague Close, he returns home to wife Anne Archer, and Close becomes progressively angrier. You might even say she is boiling bunny mad. Directed by Adrian Lyne, this is not your average thriller, as it garnered six Academy Award nominations. The plot is too obvious, but the dialogue rings true and the intense performances hold the story together. Anne Archer deserves kudos for side-stepping cliche as the strong but frightened wife, and Close is a scream as she chews up the scenery. The film's original ending, which was reshot after poor preview screenings, has been added to the video release. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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 Pretty Good!!! June 8, 2009
PUMPKIN MAN
My parents have owned this movie for a long time, and last night was the 1st time I had ever watched it. It was pretty good. Glenn Close did an awesome job as the psychopathic Alex Forrest! Daniel Gallager is a successful guy with a wonderful family. When his wife and daughter are out of town, Dan has an affair with Alex. When Dan calls it quits, Alex does NOT want to stop seeing him and really wants to be apart of his life. She even tries to commit suicide by slitting her wrists because Dan doesn't want to see her anymore. If you love suspense, and having affairs, I highly recommend FATAL ATTRACTION!!!
 Interesting Aspects, But Flawed June 2, 2009
Bradley Headstone (New York)
Sometimes we have great ideas and potential, and we may hold onto a lot of the great aspects, but we just can't work out the bugs. If we watch this movie fairly and objectively, we can see that this is most certainly the case here.
To make a long story short, Douglas is a good lawyer who is going through the stress of climbing the ladder of success. He has friends and a nice wife, as well as a 6 year old daughter. He meets an editor (Glenn Close) through work and he quickly has an affair with her. We are allowed to think that possibly, Douglas's wife was paying too much attention to the daughter and ignoring him. Or perhaps Douglas was just stressed from his job. (Either way, we have some reason why he accepts the offer of an affair.)
Moving on, Douglas tries to go back to his legitimate life, but finds that Glenn Close is not going to tolerate being 'used' and then just dumped in the garbage. To complicate things further, Douglas has made Glenn Close pregnant. (Great so far.)
Now, here is where we run into problems. The story tries to make Glenn Close out to be the villain. But let's be honest here. She did NOT FORCE Douglas to sleep with her. Douglas agreed to it. Then he tries to say he loves his wife and is happy with her. Well, Glenn Close is VERY RIGHT when she says: "If you were so happy with your wife, what were you doing with me?" And in all honesty, how can we not side with her a little when she says: "You had your fun, and now you just want to go back to your quiet life.
From here, the flaws start to get worse and worse. The simplest way I can put it is that the movie tries to make a hurt woman who has some psychological issues into an evil monster who has to be destroyed, and it tries to make the man who had an affair with her, got her pregnant, and wanted to just walk away as if nothing happened a hero. It just doesn't work.
A grand scale error is when Douglas goes to Close's house and brutally assaults her. Excuse me. This is a lawyer, and he doesn't know how stupid this is? (Even from a selfish standpoint, this is not going to help the matter if he wants Glenn Close arrested.) And even worse. Are we suppose to be cheering for him? Is it Glenn's fault that he consented to this affair? Is it Glenn's fault that he thought he could use her and walk away?
Reality check...A smarter man may have suggested a group therapy session with a psychologist....(And as a lawyer who understood confidentiality, he would have known his wife would never know about the affair from the mouth of the psychologist! The trip could have even been covered easily. He could have just said he was meeting with a client.)
Now the worst error. The original end (and at least we can see it as an extra on the dvd) tied things together nicely. Because of her severe depression and hopelessness, Glenn Close kills herself, and Douglas gets the blame because his prints were on the knife Glenn Killed herself with. (GREAT! And it underlines how stupid it was to go to Glenn's house and assault her.) In one option, Douglas was suppose to kill himself in prison. (Good) In the other option, Douglas's wife was to find evidence to clear him. (OK. A less disturbing, but still good end.)
But no. They choose the worst possible end they can. Let's see what's wrong. (Douglas consents to an affair with Close...He realizes you can't just sleep with someone and throw them in the trash...Glenn Close gets shot because Douglas had an affair with her...) This is a perfect example of an artificial (AND ABSURD) happy end that just doesn't fit.
Well, I should also say that Stuart Pankin does a good job of adding some badly needed comic relief in this movie.
SIDE NOTE: It is utterly absurd that Glenn Close became the most hated woman is America for playing this part.
 Classic Affair Gone Wrong April 27, 2009
Jeannie S. Davis (Atlanta, GA)
Love this movie it is a classic Glenn Close was crazy and obsessed in this movie.
Don't make the fatal mistake of missing this one... April 14, 2009
Andrew Ellington (Mulholland Drive)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While the overall film may be a tad predictable (okay, a lot predictable) and the genre itself has been pushed practically to the breaking point, it all doesn't seem to really matter with a film as wonderfully constructed as `Fatal Attraction'. Sure, it spawned a lot of disappointing copycats, but the original is still just as steamy and just as intense as it ever was.
So, I'm sure we all know the story by now, but I'll give you a quick run down. Dan Gallagher is lawyer with a wife and daughter who engages in a weekend fling with a potential client named Alex Frost. When the weekend ends, so does their affair and Dan returns to his wife and child. Alex though, is not ready to let her new man go and so she pursues him, stalks him even. As her pursuit becomes threatening Dan fears that he will not be able to get rid of her without divulging his affair to his wife; but soon, when Alex crosses the line, he realizes he has no choice but to fight back.
Really, it's the acting that takes this to another level.
I am not the biggest fan of Michael Douglas, but he really nails this performance. He gets under his characters skin and brings these real and raw emotions to the surface, especially in scenes where he is violently accosting Glenn Close. He brings an air of vulnerability that makes his actions all the more effective. Now, I am a HUGE fan of Glenn Close, and here she does not disappoint. She is deliciously effective as Alex, a borderline crazy, hostile lover who spews aggressive sensuality with every movement. Some have balked that she is not attractive, but that is not the point of the performance. I think that it works so much better having a technically `unpretty' actress play Alex because it shows the power of seduction. She is a master of overpowering and trapping her prey. Anne Archer deserves major props for making Beth, Dan's wife, much more than just a cliched background character. She breathes a real life into Beth, and tackles her fragile state with a self empowerment that really raises her performance (thus garnering a much deserved Oscar nomination).
So, truth be told this is not anything groundbreaking, although it did prove to be one of the first universally lauded and accepted thrillers (it even got a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, which is rather unheard of for a film of this nature). What is great about `Fatal Attraction' is that, for what it is, it gets everything very, very right.
An Engrossing Film Because of Glenn Close" March 22, 2009
Terry Richard (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)
This was the movie that showed, "if you played around, it may kill you." I still recall when "Fatal Attraction" came out, way back in 1987; people kept talking about how good this film was, and audiences couldn't believe how a mistake could actually lead to murder. The plot is simple in that a man has an affair behind his wife's back with a woman who turns out to be a clear psychotic. Once the man refuses any more advances from his "one-night stand", she is determined to make his life, as well as that of his family's, a living hell. The timing of the movie couldn't have been better, as it was released during the first decade of the AIDS epidemic, when people realized that HIV was no longer a gay disease, and that straight people were actually dying from it. It was as if the producers were showing that screwing around could kill you. This movie actually worked; more manogamous relationsips were reported by the late '80's, and the number of people that had extramarital affairs dropped. This movie even made the cover of "Time" magazine, a rare feat for a Hollywood film. Glenn Close also received an Oscar nomination as Best Actress, but lost to Cher. I love Cher, but the award should have been given to Close, who gave one of the greatest performances by an actress ever in the history of the cinema.
The DVD is filled with bonuses, including the trailer, interviews with the cast and crew, commentary, and it even features actual footage of the stars auditioning for their roles.
An A+ film and a movie you will never tire of.
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