Reversal of Fortune
User Score
8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19

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  1. BrendanH.
    Apr 7, 2006
    9
    I've watched RofV six times and I never get tired of it. Never get tired of Ron Silver's vastly underrated performance, Jeremy Irons' introverted despair, Glenn Close's intoxicating mix of rage and ennui. The film confronts our assumptions of the "whodunnit" and turns them on their head. In RoV, as in life, we can't always come to definite conclusions to what happened, or why; whether a man is good, evil, or lives in some point in between. Doesn't deserve to be mentioned with "The Godfather", but I love this movie. I think I'll watch it another six times.… Expand
  2. DianeD.
    Mar 24, 2003
    10
    "I want my own individual order of ginger prawns."
  3. JosieP.
    Mar 8, 2003
    10
    "You are a very strange man"... "You have NO idea.." Irons rocks!
  4. BlancoA.
    Nov 30, 2002
    10
    One of the all-time greats. Jeremy Irons absolutely makes this movie. Pauline Kael's full review of this film is excellent literature, by the way, if you can get your hands on it, even though she's not as big a fan of the film as I am. I suppose I agree that the Dershowitz was a little too self-aggrandizing... See this film!

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Metascore
93 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    100
    This engrossing mystery-comedy peeks through the keyholes of the rich and infamous in a manner both droll and delicious.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Sheila Benson
    100
    The performances of Close and Silver are flawless, but it is Irons' portrait that remains behind, an enigmatic after-image… Reversal of Fortune is a delectable tour through facets of the lives of the rich and famous that Robin Leach wouldn't touch with a forked stick. [17 Oct 1990]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    88
    If Silver is superb, Irons is transcendent. As some forgotten comic once said of George Sanders: A grapefruit wouldn't dare squirt in his eye. [17 Oct 1990]
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