Review of Sliver (1993) by Alexandra W — 12 Aug 2009
I really should have known better. I suppose I did, somewhere deep down in my heart. Any movie starring Sharon Stone and a Baldwin brother is not going to be any damn good.
It starts off all right, but about halfway through I thought that if I saw Billy Baldwinâ??s bare backside or Sharon Stoneâ??s bare front side one more time, I would have to turn out to be the murderer and throw them both out the window.
To top it off, thereâ??s not really any thrills and not really a twist ending. It is actually not a serviceable thriller in any way as I did not care one ounce who the real killer was because I was too involved in being totally grossed out every time Sharon Stoneâ??s sidekick appeared onscreen to shout vulgarities in a 40s newspaperwoman voice.
The last line of the movie is the best/worst part. Sharon Stone 90s-ly delivers this advice to the extreme voyeur Billy Baldwin: â??Get a life.â?? She might as well have said, â??Bite meâ?? or â??You go, girl.â?? I mean, this movie tries to be everything at once: a Hitchkockian thriller (complete with microfilm-research-at-the-library scene), a softcore porn, a romance, a 90s girl-power movie, a screwball comedy. Pick one and go for it, Sliver. Better yet, donâ??t pick one and get out of here!
This review of Sliver (1993) was written by Alexandra W on 12 Aug 2009.
Sliver has generally received negative reviews.
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