terrible... so disappointed.

Lack of good storyline.

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A happily married man (Michael Douglas) has a casual one night fling with sexy Alex Forest (Glenn Close). Unfortunately Alex is a psychopath and she assumes Douglas will leave his wife (Anne Archer) for her. When he turns her down he finds out she won't take "no" for an answer and she attacks.This was a huge hit at the box office in 1987. It was attacked by critics as being misogynistic and not always credible but the public loved it. I saw it opening night in Boston and I remember the audience screaming, yelling and jumping during the film. The ending especially had the audience (and me) on the edge of our seats. It is well-done with excellent acting by Douglas, Archer and Close...but it never really grabbed me emotionally. Sure I screamed and jumped like everybody else when Close lost it but it's hard not to because Close was so good in her role. Also the script was pretty familiar (remember "Play Misty For Me"?) and rote but I do recommend it for the acting and ending.

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family. Fatal Attraction (1987) was one of the very first films about a stalker that blindly falls for it's victim and basically stalks every movie that he makes and it's easily one of the better films about that small and forgotten genre it's not just great as a horror film but it's also great as a suspenseful thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. Glenn Close gives a terrific and believable performance as this crazy woman that stalks Michael Douglas who is also pretty damn great in this film. The final shot of the movie itself during the bathtub sequence feels like an actual horror movie and it is one and a pretty damn great one indeed. The story is focused on one thing and one thing only which is obsession it doesn't try to go on a different direction or try something else it knows what it is and it's a pretty damn serious film it might have some of the classic horror film over the top moments but it doesn't get ridiculous or ruins the movie for the viewer. I can also buy the fact that it was nominated for 6 Oscars since it was pretty damn great and for that i'm going to give it an A+

(Originally reviewed: 16/02/2017) After finally getting a chance to see this film for the first time; I must say I am slightly underwhelmed that's it's not as good as I was hoping for; but nonetheless I think it's a well-acted, effective if flawed pseudosexual thriller. The performances are very good; Michael Douglas (Dan) is convincing in the main role which I expect from an actor of his skill, and Glenn Close (Alex) gives a crazy, rather effective performance as the out of control stalker; also impressive is Anne Archer (Beth) who plays the unknowing, well-grounded wife. The performances all fit nicely and everyone does there best, but out of all these performances the stand-out is Douglas who manages to effortlessly deliver a superbly believable performance and show fear, care and relief when it's most needed.I have seen Basic Instinct, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle and many other films like this beforehand so I pretty much found it rather predictable and obvious but that is not the problem that underwhelms the picture for me, as I am aware this was released long before the titles mentioned. The plot in the second half is what bothers me; I cannot believe that it was so simple for Alex (Close) to sneak into their house, not once but twice; and I'm sure that when she kills the rabbit, they would call the police but no, they don't even take action the legal way; Douglas sneaks off to confront her and we all know it's going to make her even more crazed, in which there is a fight and he doesn't kill her and she then tries to stab him when his back is turned, now I can't understand why he was going there to not end it but just too get her more nutty and riled up; but I'm sure as well there's not one person that didn't think she would try and stab Douglas's character as soon as he turned his back; which is predictable and clichéd whether it's the first of its kind or not.The first hour or so is fairly solid but as soon as it unravels it stops itself from being a truly great thriller; especially unbelievable moments like when Close's character takes Dan and Beth's daughter out of school, now why on earth would the school allow that to happen without their consent; seems rather strange to me and then there's an extremely predictable crash as Beth is not looking at the road and later on during its climax Alex manages to break into their house again unnoticed and end up holding Douglas's wife at knifepoint in the bathroom; in which Douglas runs in sounding like Tarzan to save the day in which the oldest trick in the book kicks in; the psycho who will not just die despite being drowned or stabbed and so forth; but this is no horror film; this is a thriller and it's meant to be somewhat believable; but I did not buy its third act for one minute. Though I sound negative; I did enjoy Fatal Attraction; it has a good original score, some decent thrills, some well filmed sex scenes and great performances. It may not be a great thriller but it's an effective b-movie thriller with some truly good moments and well written dialogue; so it's all in all, worth seeing.

Glenn Close was 100% correct, the original was the correct ending, if only they kept that original ending, this movie would have gone on as an instant classic! The movie suffers terribly from this! Huge mistake! None the less still excellent! Glenn Close should have won an Academy Award for this ! I can not help but think that because the ending was changed. That prevented her from the receiving the award! No other movie had ever tackled infidelity in a marriage quite like this one did, and no movie since has surpassed it in those regards, since! My biggest problem with the film is that they changed the original ending and the ending always seemed fabricated to me! The reason being is that it should not have been changed! This movie would be far more popular with the original ending!