Body of Evidence

Body of Evidence (1993)

  • 6% of critics liked it
    (34 reviews)

  • 29% of users liked it
    (8,006 ratings)

Madonna plays Rebecca Carlson, a sex bomb who parades naked in front of the open windows of her houseboat at all hours while the lobstermen catch crabs. This entry in the Basic Instinct sweepstakes poses the question: If love hurts, does sex kill? The judge and jury certainly want to find out when… More

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R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Directed By
Uli Edel
Written By
Brad Mirman
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Jun 1, 1992 Wide
On DVD
Dec 3, 2002
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    While he may be marginally better at directing kinky sex scenes than Instinct's Paul Verhoeven, [Edel is] stuck with a fairly ho-hum script by Brad Mirman.

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    A courtroom drama built around the charge that Madonna's body is a deadly weapon with which she 'fornicated' a man to death, this showcase for the singer-thesp as femme fatale is more silly than erotic.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    A sluggish courtroom melodrama relieved only by unintenional laughter.

  • Rita Kempley, Washington Post

    A bland, utterly silly, curiously provincial courtroom drama.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

    What do you say about this kind of movie?

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Candy R


    A woman is accused of killing her lover. Whay does Madonna do these movies. She should stick to what she's good at - singing.

  • Dean M


    This erotic-thriller in the fumbling scenes of sado-masochism lead only to embarrassment. Willem Dafoe has never looked more uncomfortable, while Madonna as the body in question is no Sharon Stone.

  • Deb S


    Willem Dafoe plays a lawyer who becomes involved with his client, Madonna, a woman accused of intentionally murdering her rich, elderly lover through strenuous, kinky sex; coincidentally, he left her $ 8 million in his will. For an "erotic thriller," the film somehow… More

  • Sarah P


    The movie is pretty tacky, but you get to see Madonna naked in a bunch of sex scenes!

  • Barry L


    Tres' horny but empty of plot.

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