Fresh
What amazes is that at just 26, Soderbergh displays the three qualities associated with mature filmmakers: a unique authorial voice, a spooky camera assurance, and the easy control of ensemble acting.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
sex, lies, and videotape
the husband. the wife. her sister. his friend.
1989 · 1h 41m · R
Drama
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
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sex, lies, and videotape
Overview
Ann, a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is a sexy, nuanced, beautifully controlled examination of how a quartet of people are defined by their erotic impulses and inhibitions.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
The actors are superb; working from Soderbergh's funny, perceptive, immaculately wrought dialogue, they ensure that the film stimulates both intellectually and emotionally.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
A film whose enormous authority and intelligence extend to every detail.
Caryn James, New York Times
Fresh
A movie of prodigious power and feeling that is also high-spirited, hilarious and scorchingly erotic.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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