Basic Instinct

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. ( Read More )

Elissa Suh

Efficient in plot but drab in tone, the real travesty of this remake of Hitchcocks Dial M. for Murder lies in the severe lack of screen time dedicated to Gwyneths outfits: The Row esque knits and head to toe chestnut hues in wintry shearlings and suedes. ( Read More )

Martha Ertman

Basic Instinct is the most feminist film I have seen since Thelma and Louise. ( Read More )

David Nusair

Its only as the picture progresses into its investigation heavy midsection that ones interest begins to wane, as scripter Eszterhas emphasizes the minutiae of Nicks probe into the crime to an often stifling degree (ie the movie, past a certain point, starts to feel like an R rated episode of Law and Order, complete with witnesses who keep doing their job while answering questions). ( Read More )

Of course, it doesnt help that Stones face looks so disconcertingly airbrushed and inhuman that she seems to have been replaced with a CGI double. ( Read More )