Valmont
Drama, Romance
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1989
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Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love. Based on the same novel as "Dangerous Liaisons."
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
137 min
Release date:
17 Nov 1989
Country:
FR, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$33,000,000
Revenue:
$1,132,112
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Colin Firth's Valmont is pleasant, a dreadful thing to say about one of literature's most magnetic seducers.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb 2015
fresh:
Valmont is a superb piece of craftsmanship, impeccable in every detail from lighting to costuming, but as a work of art it remains tentative and blurred.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb 2015
rotten:
Milos Forman and Jean-Claude Carriere, while fiddling with the plot of this deliciously nasty tale, have studiously embalmed its spirit.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
9 Feb 2015
rotten:
The results are too pretty and well acted to be a total washout, but the fascination with evil and power that gives the novel intensity is virtually absent; what remains is mainly petty malice and mild cynicism.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
9 Feb 2015
rotten:
Because there are no characters animating his panorama, all this serves to prove is that though Forman's movie is broader than Frears', it is also shallower.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
9 Feb 2015