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Consenting Adults

1992

Alan J. Pakula

Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller ...

5.5

2,164

Mystery Richard and Priscilla Parker's lives take a turn for the better when Eddy and Kay move into the house next door. Eddy's a risk taker and shows his new neighbours how to enjoy life at the expense of a rule or convention or two. What Richard doesn't realise is that Eddy's little games are just a prelude to something that's intended to destroy his neighbours' lives.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Pakula succeeds in holding the interest, but he can't make this story go further than skin-deep"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"This is the sort of cloddish thriller in which characters keep putting themselves in dangerous situations because…the movie requires them to be in dangerous situations"	NEG
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Twenty years after the taut 'Klute', Pakula's touch has deserted him; the glossy, literalist approach he favours here works firmly against the arrant contrivances in Matthew Chapman's screenplay"	NEG
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Pakula can’t seem to make up his mind whether this is going to be a legitimate drama or conventional thriller"	NEG
United Kingdom	Joanna Berry Radio Times	"Extremely plodding action from 'All the President's Men' director Alan J Pakula and a rather wooden Kline slow things down somewhat, but the day is saved by a mesmerising performance from Kevin Spacey (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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