Diabolique (1996)
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12% of critics liked it
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34% of users liked it
(6,813 ratings)
Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic French thriller gets a Hollywood makeover in this glossy remake. Guy Baran (Chazz Palminteri) is the dull, loutish headmaster of a private school that has seen better days. While Guy oversees the day to day operations, the school is actually owned by his wife Mia… More Henri-Georges Clouzot's classic French thriller gets a Hollywood makeover in this glossy remake. Guy Baran (Chazz Palminteri) is the dull, loutish headmaster of a private school that has seen better days. While Guy oversees the day to day operations, the school is actually owned by his wife Mia (Isabelle Adjani), whose spirit has been crushed by Guy's casual cruelty and whose health is frail. Guy has been openly having an affair with one of his teachers, Nicole Horner (Sharon Stone), who has almost as much contempt for Guy as Mia. Mia and Nicole eventually join forces against their common enemy and plan to murder him and conceal the evidence. However, while the killing goes as planned, Guy's body mysteriously disappears from the carefully chosen spot where it was dumped, and when a chatty detective, Shirley Vogel (Kathy Bates) begins asking questions, both women begin to wonder who knows what about their murderous scheme. This was the third remake of Les Diaboliques, following two made-for-TV adaptations, Reflection of Murder and House of Secrets. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jeremiah S. Chechik, Jeremiah Chechik
- Written By
- Don Roos
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Mar 22, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
The new Diabolique mostly dispenses with subtlety, contenting itself with regularly scheduled cathartic jolts that pass for suspense in our degraded culture.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
If it makes at least one person search out and discover the original version, then it's all worth it.
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Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com
Chechik fails to create any real suspense or thrills and does not seamlessly juggle the serious thriller aspects with the black comedy
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Rob Vaux, Flipside Movie Emporium
Silly update of the French classic; the ending is an unforgivable cop-out.
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Cast
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Sharon Stone
as Nicole Horner
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Isabelle Adjani
as Mia Baran
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Chazz Palminteri
as Guy Baran
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Kathy Bates
as Det. Shirley Vogel
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Spalding Gray
as Simon Veatch
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Shirley Knight
as Edie Danziger
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Diana Bellamy
as Ms. Vawze
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Allen Garfield
as Leo Katzmann
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Adam Hann-Byrd
as Erik Pretzer
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Clea Lewis
as Lisa Campos
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Stephen Liska
as PHP Officer
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Donal Logue
as Video Photographer
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Zachary Mott
as Howie
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Bingo O'Malley
as Gannon
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J.J. Abrams
as Video Photographer #2
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O'Neal Compton
as Irv Danziger
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Kate Young
as Photo Shop Clerk
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James Kisicki
as Rear-ender
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Cory Pattack
as Nuñez, Nuñez, Nu
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Jesse Sky Ross
as Hall Monitor
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Sophia Salguero
as Maid
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Hank Stohl
as Morgue Cop
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Kevin Vinay
as Desantis
