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Review of by Stanley Kauffmann for The New Republic — 01 Nov 1999

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A vicious, grindingly manipulative urban mystery that uses a thick atmosphere of S & M kinkiness to distract the audience from the story's thinness and inanity.

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This review of Basic Instinct (1992) was written by and published by The New Republic on 01 Nov 1999.

Basic Instinct has generally received mixed reviews.

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