William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.
DVD Release Date: November 18, 1997
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November 22, 2009"You better take me up on this quick or else in about forty-five minutes I'm gonna get up and walk away"
Of course it's impossible to watch this without thinking of Double Indemnity, though Lawrence Kasdan's movie has too many brilliant ideas of its own - that inge...( read more) -
August 4, 2009Excellent 80's film noir where the only real negative is that sometimes the dated 80's feel clashes with the archaic 30s/40s touches. The dialogue is as sizzling hot as the setting. Lines roll off the stars tongues in a very natural but artistic way. Hurt plays a very real everym...( read more)
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January 27, 2009Sexually charged film noir with Kathleen Turner, in her film debut, as the femme fatale who seduces a naive attorney into murdering her husband. Turner and William Hurt generate significant sexual chemistry as the lusty couple consumed by passion. Hot Florida coastal setting ad...( read more)
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September 15, 2008At a bandstand during a heat wave in a small Florida town Ned Racine (William Hurt) meets the sultry Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) and change their lives forever. Racine is a scuzzy lawyer who screws everything that allows him to, while Matty is the trophy wife for an older man ...( read more)
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September 13, 2008Body Heat from 1981 starring Kathleen Turner (her first starring role) and William Hurt.
This movie centers around a very wealthy and married woman (Turner) whom meets a very single and interestsed man (Hurt). A web of lies and games are in the midst for this ill fated couple...( read more) -
November 7, 2009It's been a while since I had the pleasure to watch a movie this engaging. William Hurt plays a small time lawyer who gets involved with a rich woman who wants her rich husband dead. Great script, great acting, great directing . . . basically just a great film all around.
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September 22, 2009Was that for what I think it was for? you really can't even understand how well this is written until after watching it for a 2nd or 3th time, critiquing the strong lead performances, John Barry did a great job for capturing the timeless intrigue and darkness of the film. as much...( read more)
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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