Sliver

Name: Sliver
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: May 21, 1993
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 38
Cast: Amanda Foreman, CCH Pounder, Colleen Camp, Keene Curtis, Martin Landau

1993

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 21, 1993 | Unrated

Starring: Amanda Foreman, CCH Pounder, Colleen Camp, Keene Curtis, Martin Landau, Nina Foch, Polly Walker, Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger, William Baldwin

Summary: A woman (Sharon Stone) moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with a myriad of shocking secrets.

Director: Phillip Noyce

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 107 min

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Mick LaSalle

A strong thriller, slick and sleazy in a summer-movie sort of way, but intelligent too.[22 May 1993, p.C3]

Jay Boyar

And for a while, anyway, the filmmakers capitalize on this irresistible premise, winning our complicity in their thriller's voyeuristic game with slick visuals and a delicious mood of anticipation. [22 May 1993, p.E1]

Jeff Shannon

The original ending - which Baldwin refers to early in the film - was completely cut and replaced with an 11th-hour brainstorm by Eszterhas, amounting to little more than a punchline for the shaggiest shaggy-dog story in recent memory.

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Long sequences of Stone in risque sexual situations do little to counteract gratingly bad dialogue, identikit characters, and Phillip Noyce's by-the-numbers direction. Read full review

Steve McKerrow

But worse, it never offers much of a mystery at all, for the identity of the killer arrives with no great surprise, and without a clue as to his motive. Read full review

Harper Barnes

In this year's stupid sexy screamer, Sliver, [Stone] tries to reveal some of her character's mind. But there's nothing in there but cotton candy and foggy images from old soap operas. [23 May 1993, p.12C]

Marjorie Baumgarten

And, by comparison, it almost makes Basic Instinct's ending look coherent. Read full review

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Steven1981

Mar 19, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sliver was made in 1993 by director Phillip Noyce and is a drama/thriller/erotic film/romance and yes I find all them movie genres suitable to fit into Sliver.... Sliver stars Sharon Stone, Tom Berenger and William Baldwin fresh from his duties after Flatliners lol... SLIVER has many sex scenes and very few if any are enjoyable which is the weak part of Sliver. Some woman has died after falling from a high-rise complex apartment building or something and she either commited suicide or was killed. The woman in question is Naomi Singer, later on Sharon Stone gets her apartment and settles in and a seedy old man in the building says to her I'm no pervert but I wish I was which is creepy. Meanwhile some dude who owns the building (William Baldwin) befriends Carla Norris (Sharon Stone) and videotapes her using the dozen television screens he's secretly hiding with cameras hidden all round the building watching everyone in it. Baldwin and Sharon Stone have sex numerous times and in the end of the film we find out who the killer is who killed Naomi Singer earlier in the movie but William Baldwin gets all his hidden television screens to privately look at people in the building destroyed by Sharon Stone as she shoots all his equipment destroying his viewing pleasure. Very tense film full of suspense and intrigue and well acted by all involved but the sex scenes kinda suck.… Expand

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gracjanski

Aug 1, 2020

the main topic is a good idea, but the story and dialogues were a bit boring. In addition the movie focused on Sharon Stone, but I didnt like her in this movie (she was marvellous in Casino and Basic instinct). Jack Landsfords character was very one-sided also.

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Covet

Mar 24, 2021

Sliver is Sharon's worst film. This movie is very bland in spite of being a thriller and directed by Phillip Noyce, who shot the brilliant thriller Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Sam Neil and Billy Zane. Silver has 1 interesting shot of the lady falling from the building that opens the movie,Sliver is Sharon's worst film. This movie is very bland in spite of being a thriller and directed by Phillip Noyce, who shot the brilliant thriller Dead Calm with Nicole Kidman, Sam Neil and Billy Zane. Silver has 1 interesting shot of the lady falling from the building that opens the movie, the rest is downhill from there. All of the actors are lackluster and the movie is as pointless as possible with its lame themes that it pretends are clever yet they are inane. Sliver is 1993's worst film by far. 1993 was a classic year for the cinema, but this movie should never have been greenlighted. Do not watch this movie ever, it has nothing new or exciting to offer to avid cinephiles.… Expand

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