Nominated for 6 Oscars. 7 wins & 22 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Years hence, it will be possible to pinpoint the exact moment that produced Fatal Attraction, Adrian Lyne's new romantic thriller, and the precise circumstances that made it a hit.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
While billed as a romance and a thriller, the film strictly qualifies as neither, appealing to our prurience, guilt, hatred, and dread.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
11 Feb 2008
fresh:
The screws are tightened expertly in this suspenseful meller about a flipped-out femme who makes life hell for the married man who scorns her.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
11 Feb 2008
fresh:
[The film brings] horror home to a place where the grownup moviegoer actually lives.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
11 Feb 2008
rotten:
Under the direction of Adrian Lyne, most of the picture's situations seem like randomly chosen place holders, flat events that just fill time until the final bizarre confrontation.