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Dominican Rep. Fatal Instinct
780
Comedy
A spoof of the late 80s and early 90s suspense thrillers and murder mysteries, including Basic Instinct, Sleeping With The Enemy, Cape Fear and others. A cop/attorney (yes he's both) is seduced by a woman while his wife is having an affair with a mechanic. Lots of other sublots and visual gags in the style of Naked Gun.
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"All that hold this comedy together are a playful outlook and a conviction that detective stories are intrinsically funny, especially if the detective is as much of a blockhead as Ned Ravine. Read full review | NEU |
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"The best things about this movie are first-rate comic performances by Young, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan (Assante's absurdly faithless wife), and by Assante himself" | POS |
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"Lacking in both inspiration and ingenuity, it doesn't so much spoof the conventions of the genre as dumb down famous -- and in some cases, forgotten -- scenes from a slew of other movies." | NEG |
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"What the movie doesn't have, besides too many laughs, is either the pungent style and sociology of true film noir, or the sheer yuppie desperation of the hard-core erotic thriller." | NEU |
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"What 'Fatal Instinct' seems to overlook, though, is that erotic thrillers such as 'Basic Instinct' and 'Fatal Attraction' do a pretty good job of parodying themselves" | NEU |
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