Review of 52 Pick-Up (1986) by Michael W — 19 Jun 2013
Similarly offensive as "Fatal Attraction" but for different reasons. While Lynne vilifies the home wrecker, Frankenheimer turn the adulterer into the hero. In both cases the husband and wife dynamics are scary as they ultimately are unbelievable drawn together through the ordeal of infidelity.
Frankenheimer's vulgar cinematography works surprising well to enhance the dramatic conflict and to give texture but the the protagonists are so ultimately false that it's hard to really care.
Vanity plays the most interesting character and is criminally underused. Overall an interesting failure.
This review of 52 Pick-Up (1986) was written by Michael W on 19 Jun 2013.
52 Pick-Up has generally received mixed reviews.
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