Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
Lust. Seduction. Revenge. The game as you've never seen it played before.
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Dangerous Liaisons rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 79K votes
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic74%
TMDb7.192/10· 1K votesWith 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 74/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Dangerous Liaisons
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.
Cast of Dangerous Liaisons
Glenn Close
as Marquise Isabelle de Merteuil
John Malkovich
as Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Madame Marie de Tourvel
Uma Thurman
as Cécile de Volanges
Swoosie Kurtz
as Madame de Volanges
Keanu Reeves
as Le Chevalier Raphael Danceny
Mildred Natwick
as Madame de Rosemonde
Peter Capaldi
as Azolan
Joe Sheridan
as Georges
Valerie Gogan
as Julie
Laura Benson
as Emilie
Joanna Pavlis
as Adèle
Dangerous Liaisons facts
- Budget
- $14M
- Box office
- $34.7M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Sophisticated dialogue sparkles with wit and social critique
- •Lavish baroque production design creates immersive period world
- •Complex character relationships offer rich psychological depth
What the audience disliked
- •Pacing is deliberate which tests contemporary viewer patience
- •Cheating and betrayal themes may frustrate morally minded audiences
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