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While he may be marginally better at directing kinky sex scenes than Instinct's Paul Verhoeven, [Edel is] stuck with a fairly ho-hum script by Brad Mirman.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Body of Evidence
An act of love, or an act of murder?
1993 · 1h 41m · R
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Uli Edel
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Body of Evidence
Overview
When an elderly millionaire is found dead with cocaine in his system, his will leaves $8 million to Rebecca Carlson, who was having an affair with him. District attorney Robert Garrett decides to prosecute Rebecca, arguing that she deliberately engaged in wild sex with the old man to overexcite him and lead to his premature death. Defense attorney Frank Dulaney defends Rebecca in court while getting sucked into a dangerous affair with her.
Director and cast
- Uli Edel Director
- Madonna as Rebeca Carlson
- Willem Dafoe as Frank Dulaney
- Julianne Moore as Sharon Dulaney
- Anne Archer as Joanne Braslow
- Jürgen Prochnow as Dr. Alan Paley
- Frank Langella as Jeffrey Roston
- Lillian Lehman as Richter Burnham
- Joe Mantegna as Robert Garrett
- Charles Hallahan as Dr. McCurdy
- Stan Shaw Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A courtroom drama built around the charge that Madonna's body is a deadly weapon with which she 'fornicated' a man to death, this showcase for the singer-thesp as femme fatale is more silly than erotic.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
A sluggish courtroom melodrama relieved only by unintenional laughter.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
A bland, utterly silly, curiously provincial courtroom drama.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Rotten
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
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