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- 1989
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
- 1989
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
Summary Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Valmont (Firth) seduces a young lady on a bet from his former lover.
Directed By: Milos Forman
Written By: Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-Claude Carrière, Milos Forman
- 1989
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
- 1989
- R
- Orion Pictures
- 2 h 17 m
Valmont
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7.6
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Summary Based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Valmont (Firth) seduces a young lady on a bet from his former lover.
Directed By: Milos Forman
Written By: Choderlos de Laclos, Jean-Claude Carrière, Milos Forman
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
55
43% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
55
43% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
36% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
21% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Forman's treatment is another matter entirely - infinitely more subtle and, using the intrinsic bias of film, far more naturalistic. [18 Nov 1989]
The Frears version is cerebral and claustrophobic, an exercise in sexual mindplay.
But seductive as his surfaces are, Forman's tack doesn't hold for long. His changes have muted a great tale of betrayal by intelligence and he has blunted the malign inevitability of Laclos' story. [17 Nov 1989]
Making no secret of the fact that he has "freely adapted" the novel, writer Jean-Claude Carriere and Milos "Amadeus" Forman have come up with a visually mouthwatering epic treatment: beautiful, opulent, sumptuous.
Livelier, more absorbing, and generally better acted than "Dangerous Liaisons," which arrived a year ago. But it runs out of inspiration long before it runs out of plot twists, and we've seen the twists too many times before.
For every necessary touch that Valmont has reduced or dispensed with (the climactic duel scene, for instance), there is another, less vital moment that has been expanded.
Valmont arrives stiffened by the elegant, inert formalism of Forman's direction, and chilled by Carriere's all too sober respect for his source and by their mutual determination to apply modern psychological understanding to the behavior of the principal figures.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 User Ratings
7.6
71% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 User Ratings
7.6
71% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
21% Mixed
5 Ratings
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8% Negative
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
César Awards, France
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
