Gwyneth Paltrow, Michael Douglas, Viggo Mortensen
Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 3, 1998
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Flixster Reviews (1,384)
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September 19, 2009A very good thriller with a great well established cast. Pity David Suchet didn't get a bit more screen time though. Has some good twists but nothing you don't really expect to be honest. Definitely worth a watch though.
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September 10, 2008The remake of Hitchcock?s ?Dial M for Murder? and a good job of it was made. Some slight variences from the original storyline, but all the important parts were included.
A story with great twists, Douglas plays rich and arrogant very well and we see a not so well known at th...( read more) -
January 21, 2008I love this movie probably because of Viggo Mortensen. He is soooo damn sexy. A very good plot and casting.
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June 29, 2007The husband (Michael Douglas) is a currency trader whose portfolio value is going right down the drain. The wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) is the heiress to a $100 million fortune.
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November 16, 2009Actually a pretty good murder mystery. Not a bad attempt by Doudlas to get involved in another one of his Fatal Attraction style films. Nothing earth-shattering
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November 6, 2009Michel Douglas is perfect as the husband but Viggo is wuite weak as the lover...
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September 28, 2009I like the Hitchcock adaptation better than this modern movie. Dial M for Murder happened primarily in one room, the wife was not suspecting anything until the very last moment and the husband was colder and arrested while admitting that he couldn't commit the perfe...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
April 12, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
June 5, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
What the film lacks is suspense, surprise (the new ending is a dud) and passion. full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I think it works like a nasty little machine to keep us involved and disturbed; my attention never strayed, and one of the elements I liked was the way Paltrow's character isn't sentimentalized. full review
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
...there's nothing about this thriller to prevent it from soon becoming enmeshed in the memory with others in which Michael Douglas wears a starched collar and grits his teeth. full review
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