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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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DVD Release Date: June 1, 2004

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  • ladyp1964
    June 8, 2006
    ladyp1964
    proof what beasts women are I guess
  • filmofilka
    November 14, 2009
    filmofilka
    Koji jebeno dobar film kako su ga sjebale prestrasno!!!!!!!!! Odlicno
  • crappychinese
    February 18, 2009
    crappychinese
    Gere's analyzing abilities were truly terrible.
  • bbliumis
    February 3, 2009
    bbliumis
    final....:)
    move on.
  • Ou812AwSm
    July 23, 2008
    Ou812AwSm
    OWNS IT OMFG WAS HE WAY SEXI IN THIS WHEW LOL AGAIN RICHARD , KIM WORK GREAT TOGETHER
  • azdw
    July 11, 2008
    azdw
    Review will be written when/if re-watched (Probability: Zero).

    First viewing: 24.08.1999
  • hopeenb
    May 14, 2008
    hopeenb
    nice thriller!! crazy, suspense and action!
  • jbardsleyjr
    April 29, 2008
    jbardsleyjr
    IMDB movie of the day
  • ChGeor9
    March 23, 2008
    ChGeor9
    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.
  • terryc1000
    January 10, 2008
    terryc1000
    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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