Nine 1/2 Weeks
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  • Starring: Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke
  • Summary: A man. A woman. An attraction that became an obsession. Set against the high-tech backdrop of Manhattan, 9 1/2 Weeks is the length of the affair between Elizabeth, a beautiful art dealer, and John, the man who becomes her lover and changes irrevocably the course of her life. After a tantalizing initial encounter, John charts the course of their sensual journey together in a deadly serious game of sexual dominance, unlocking the door to hidden dreams, pain and ecstasy. 9 1/2 Weeks is a passionate and provocative look at love and obsession that is moving, thrilling and sometimes shocking. (Warner Bros.)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    A project of this sort depends crucially on the chemistry between its actors, and Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke develop an erotic tension in this movie that is convincing, complicated and sensual.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jay Scott
    63
    There is something very wrong with the attempt of Nine 1/2 Weeks to excite the sensualists and appease the moralists at the same time. Most of the sex is fairly mild, but there are hints of what Nine 1/2 Weeks must have been before Lyne was forced to recut it. [21 Feb 1986, p.C1]
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  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    Erotic at times, certainly, but that's down to the appeal of it's stars and not the minimal clean lines vs. heavenly bodies approach of director Adrian Lyne.
  4. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert Blau
    38
    If an erotic portrayal of John and Elizabeth's sexual inclinations was all director Adrian Lyne had wanted to accomplish, he might have succeeded. But he was not satisfied with that. [21 Feb 1986, p.A]
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  1. AaronD
    7
    It was an OK film.
  2. TonyB.
    2
    Vulgar claptrap.

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