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9 1/2 weeks (Nine 1/2 Weeks)

Romance. Drama Elizabeth, an attractive art dealer, enters into a relationship with John, an enigmatic Wall Street broker. After some passionate beginnings, the couple will embark, by his desire, in a series of increasingly strange erotic games that will confuse Elizabeth, as she loves him but is unaware of John's true feelings.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
"I suppose a project of this sort depends crucially on the chemistry between its actors, and Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke develop an erotic tension in this movie that is convincing, complicated and sensual (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"  POS
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Empire
Empire
"Erotic at times, certainly, but that's down to the appeal of it's stars and not the minimal clean lines (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"  NEU
United StatesUnited States
Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"Despite a monotonously fashionable mise-en-scene, Lyne generates some genuine erotic tension between his two stars; you believe in their obsessive relationship, even as most of the action and staging registers as ridiculous" NEU
United StatesUnited States
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"Sanitized for our protection and in the hands of director Adrian Lyne, 9 ½ Weeks is a swooningly silly cautionary tale about the bad and the beautiful" NEG
United StatesUnited States
Variety
Variety
"Mickey Rourke is less than totally convincing as a big businessman, but Kim Basinger is the film’s one saving grace, as she manages to retain a certain dignity."  NEG
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