WHAT WAS YOUR *** RATING ?

8/10

5/10.
As far as writing goes - be it dialogue, characterization or plot - it´s an absolutely, completely preposterous film. I mean horrible. Nothing anyone does makes any sense; nobody talks or behaves the way normal people would... and plot is basically constructed of one inexplicable event after another as the writer apparently didn´t have the slightest concern for anything resembling logic. It´s riddled with cop movie cliche´s. And the supposedly über-sexy Catherine Trammell, well... in real life she would likely be considered more retarded than attractive. I mean, what do you make of a person who constantly insists on talking about "f-cking" and doing drugs when interrogated by the police officers. Not to speak of disobedience and indecent exposure in the police station. She would have been in a slammer faster than she could say "coke"... IF any realism or logic would apply. Basic Instinct is beyond trashy; De Palma is (often) trashy yet aware of this and operating accordingly. THIS is just stupid as all the ludicrous things going on are presented with a face as straight as can be. The only saving grace being that Verhoeven at least has some style and visual prowess which might make the experience enjoyable on some level, to some extent.

"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan

I give this movie a 2. I was actually watching this movie yesterday and found it so funny. It's a comedy masquerading as film noir. The character of Catherine Trammell is a caricature of every Hitchcock heroine (only they were much classier) and Michael Douglas proved once and for all that he can't act. In fact, no one in this movie could act. Subtlety could have gone a long way in telling this story but try telling the director that. BTW, I loved Roxy's 'I'm a butch lesbian' strut. For a moment there, I thought she had a bad case of haemorrhoids.

8