Eric Roberts, George Murdock, Harris Yulin

This film, which again pairs Richard Gere and Kim Basinger (who starred in 1986's No Mercy), offers up elements of classic noir: a hapless man becomes intimately involved with a beautiful bl...( read more  read more... )onde who may or may not be who or what she appears to be. Dedicated psychiatrist Isaac Barr (Gere) reluctantly, and then more obsessively, becomes involved with Heather Evans (Basinger), the sister of his patient, Diana Baylor (Uma Thurman). Evans is unhappily married to a gangster (appropriately played by a muscular and menacing Eric Roberts in a trademark role). Gere and Basinger make a credible, if dangerous couple, and Thurman delivers a subtle, understated performance and demonstrates her range and potential.

The thriller is appropriately shot in gorgeous San Francisco, where the literal and figurative curving and hilly roads wind throughout. Credit legendary art director Dean Tavoularis for some amazing sets and scenes, notably the elegantly cavernous restaurant where Evans and her husband have a fateful dinner.

This film is, in a way, glossy director Phil Joanou's Hitchcockian tribute--as a climactic lighthouse scene best demonstrates. Final Analysis doesn't offer an intimate look at its characters, but a beautifully stylized one, moody and gloomy. The intricate plot experiments with the device of "pathological intoxication," in which the subject completely loses control after drinking alcohol. And this doesn't mean a conventional ugly drunk; it means a frightening psychotic. Good and evil, hope and despair, beauty and repulsion are often juxtaposed in the film's complex world. --N.F. Mendoza

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R, 125 min.

Directed by: Phil Joanou

Release Date: February 7, 1992

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  • June 8, 2006
    proof what beasts women are I guess
  • November 14, 2009
    Koji jebeno dobar film kako su ga sjebale prestrasno!!!!!!!!! Odlicno
  • February 18, 2009
    Gere's analyzing abilities were truly terrible.
  • February 3, 2009
    final....:)
    move on.
  • July 23, 2008
    OWNS IT OMFG WAS HE WAY SEXI IN THIS WHEW LOL AGAIN RICHARD , KIM WORK GREAT TOGETHER
  • July 11, 2008
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 24.08.1999
  • May 14, 2008
    nice thriller!! crazy, suspense and action!
  • April 29, 2008
    IMDB movie of the day
  • March 23, 2008
    Makes you wonder why he would take a chance on his career. He could have other women than one theat could end his life and career.
  • January 10, 2008
    One of the top 10. It thrills and excits the svisual and mental senses. This one will leave a lasting impression. No distractions needed for this one.

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