Review of Body Heat (1981) by Rocknblues 8 — 02 Nov 2013

Body Heat is in the short line of great film noir films to have been made in the last 30 years. It's an example of a well crafted genre film that directors struggle to pull off convincingly these days. It doesn't hurt that you have to greats like William Hurt and Richard Crenna along with up and comers like like Mickey Rourke and Ted Danson who manages to create a very entertaining character with a few spicy lines in his limited screen time. But the film really belongs to William Hurt who delivers a great performance as the screw up lawyer who goes from woman to woman until he meets Matty Walker and will not stop until the two can be together with no strings attached. Little does he realize that Matty is a femme fatale that her own goals and agenda's and will stop at nothing to accomplish them.

Kathleen Turner delivers a solid performance, but her character is a little more limited to the genre conventions.

Than the rest of the characters, so she sort of gets the raw deal. Still, she was a very sexy woman and fit what the director was going for. Some would argue that the film has a very contrived script, but still it's a fantastic film if you just watch and enjoy.