Review of Dangerous Liaisons (1988) by Cody G — 22 Dec 2007
This movie is incredible. I wish I had someone who had seen it with me right now so that I could talk about it. Okay, the layers of how twisted John Malkovich and Glenn Close's characters are just grow more and more and more.
You know right from the beginning that they're evil, plotting people who are out to destroy others' lives, but it isn't until the end that you see how deeply they have been plotting their own destruction from the beginning.
Their relationship, something between love and hate, or more likely both, is so convincing, and I think they are just as confused by it as the audience is. It's so interesting. I also love the themes of vanity and deception throughout the movie, especially in the end.
The fact that the woman who thinks she is the ultimate manipulator has actually been deceieved by her own pride is incredibly ironic. I love it. Okay.... I am just going on and on. I need to stop somehow.
Okay, I badly wish that Michelle Pfeiffer's character had been given a little more time and that the growing relationship with John Malkovich had been shown more. I think that would have added a lot.
Oh, and, shockingly, I thought Keanu Reeves did a good job. Oh, and John Malkovich is hot. That's all.
This review of Dangerous Liaisons (1988) was written by Cody G on 22 Dec 2007.
Dangerous Liaisons has generally received very positive reviews.
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