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Name: Basic Instinct (Director's Cut)
Released: 1992-5-8
Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Triplehorn

Basic Instinct (Director's Cut)

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2h 8m
1992

56%

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Oscar® winner Michael Douglas stars with red-hot Sharon Stone in this groundbreaking and controversial film that redefined the genre of the sexy thriller. When tough but vulnerable detective Nick Curran (Douglas) meets a cold, calculating novelist with insatiable sexual urges (Stone), he is caught in a deadly web of betrayal, lies, and murder-quickly descending into San Francisco's dark and dangerous underworld where suspicions mount, bodies fall, and only basic instincts keep you alive.

Director:

Paul Verhoeven

Producer:

Alan Marshall

Writer:

Joe Eszterhas

Cast:

Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Triplehorn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

56%

Critics Consensus: Unevenly echoing the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Basic Instinct contains a star-making performance from Sharon Stone but is ultimately undone by its problematic, overly lurid plot.

Reviews

Slant Magazine

Chuck Bowen

Ruthless craftsmanship is Paul Verhoeven’s highest form of politics.

An erotic thriller that initially hooks me with Sharon Stone's stellar performance as the dangerous and sensual femme fatale, but that, unfortunately, loses all its police intrigue with a gimmicky plot of sex, lies and murder. [Full review in Spanish]

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Southern Voice (Atlanta)

Terry Francis

Basic Instinct is the work of fundamentally immature sensibilities. It uses women and differences in affectional preference as fodder for its misogynist, peek-a-boo mentality that views whatever it cannot understand as evil and threatening.

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Our Own Community Press (Norfolk, VA)

Charles Rhodes

A conglomeration of misogynistic nad homophobic images...

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Moviepudding (Substack)

Elissa Suh

Basic Instinct is canon and you should watch it immediately if you haven’t already.

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