Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
Well Go | Release Date: November 9, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonNov 8, 2012
Dangerous Liaisons isn't necessarily a work of art, but it's a guilty pleasure for sure. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 8, 2012
Visual sumptuousness trumps the coldly erotic dastardliness of previous incarnations, but where this version feasts is on close-ups, with exchanges between pairs of eyes - the predatory versus the hesitant, the manipulatively comforting opposite the blindly vulnerable - that recall the silent era. Read full review
70
The New York TimesManohla DargisNov 8, 2012
Schadenfreude carries a delectable tang no matter the language, and as the history of Hollywood shows, stories about pretty people behaving badly remain reliably alluring. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonNov 8, 2012
An interesting twist on a classic plot, Dangerous Liaisons is essentially a deluxe soap opera. But with its beautiful cast and gorgeous production design, it is still a highly enjoyable way to waste two hours. Read full review
65
NPRMark JenkinsNov 8, 2012
Relocating Dangerous Liaisons, the 18th-century French erotic intrigue, to 1930s Shanghai is a bold move. And yet it's not especially surprising. In Chinese movies, that city in that decade frequently serves as shorthand for decadence. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasNov 8, 2012
Hur invests the period setting with an eye-popping opulence that's meant to highlight the elite decadence that came before the fall, but his Dangerous Liaisons isn't particularly sophisticated on a political or historical level. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Kate TaylorNov 9, 2012
With its exotic setting and its beautiful cast, this Dangerous Liaisons is lovely rather than wicked. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineCalum MarshNov 8, 2012
Despite the abundant surface pleasures the vision of its milieu provides, its lack of insight or engagement makes this adaptation feel, ultimately, like a missed opportunity. Read full review
50
Village VoiceNick PinkertonNov 8, 2012
The least one should hope for from another adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's Dangerous Liaisons is savory, salacious trash, but nothing in Hur Jin-ho's tony new version approaches the dizzying depths of Sarah Michelle Gellar spelling out the conditions of her sex bet with Ryan Phillippe ("You can put it anywhere . . .") in 1999's "Cruel Intentions." Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearNov 8, 2012
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, as the novel suggested, but steamy adaptations simply can't be doled out lukewarm. Read full review
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