Review of Fatal Instinct (1993) by Chris Willman for Los Angeles Times — 10 Mar 1996
A more pointed genre parody intent on proving there’s noir business like show business could’ve been ripping fun. But director Carl Reiner is more intent on offering Cliff’s Notes for VCR couch spuds than satire.
It’s the kind of endlessly referential, toothless spoof that sticks an elbow in your side every 20 seconds or so: “Now we’re doing the ‘Body of Evidence’ candle wax scene! Recognize the funny-hats montage from ‘Sleeping With the Enemy’? Get it?”.
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This review of Fatal Instinct (1993) was written by Chris Willman and published by Los Angeles Times on 10 Mar 1996.
Fatal Instinct has generally received mixed reviews.
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