Review of Basic Instinct (1992) by Janet Maslin for The New York Times — 29 Aug 1998
Basic Instinct transfers Mr. Verhoeven's flair for action-oriented material to the realm of Hitchcockian intrigue, and the results are viscerally effective even when they don't make sense. Drawing powerfully on the seductiveness of his actors and the intensity of their situation, Mr.
Verhoeven easily suspends all disbelief.
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This review of Basic Instinct (1992) was written by Janet Maslin and published by The New York Times on 29 Aug 1998.
Basic Instinct has generally received mixed reviews.
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