Indecent Proposal (1993)
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36% of critics liked it
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49% of users liked it
(45,464 ratings)
Adrian Lyne buffs the premise of Honeymoon in Vegas to a fine gloss in this yuppie melodrama that poses the conundrum of whether the loving husband of an equally loving wife will accept $1 million to allow his wife to spend one night with a billionaire who looks like Robert Redford. All the cynics… More Adrian Lyne buffs the premise of Honeymoon in Vegas to a fine gloss in this yuppie melodrama that poses the conundrum of whether the loving husband of an equally loving wife will accept $1 million to allow his wife to spend one night with a billionaire who looks like Robert Redford. All the cynics please take a number and form a line at the right. Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson play Diana and David Murphy, high-school sweethearts who marry and who are doing very well -- Diana is a successful real-estate agent, and David is an idealistic architect who has built a dream house by the ocean -- until the recession hits. Suddenly, David loses his job, and they can't make the mortgage payments. Dead broke, they borrow $5000 from David's father and head to Las Vegas to try to win money to pay the mortgage on their house. At first, they get $25,000 ahead -- but inevitably the house always wins, and they end up losing it all. While Diana is in the fancy casino boutique trying to lift some candy, she is spotted by billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford), who is immediately attracted to her. John invites Diana and David to an opulent party, and it is there that John offers David $1 million for a night with his wife. David is wracked by this moral dilemma, but Diana finally makes the decision on her own, with ensuing consequences for their ideal marriage and their bank account. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Adrian Lyne
- Written By
- Amy Holden Jones
- Genres
- Drama
- In Theaters
- Apr 7, 1993 Wide
- Studio
- Paramount Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Although it was directed by Fatal Attraction auteur Adrian Lyne, this film lacked the punch and thriller elements that made that one a hit
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Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Yes, it's true: in this astonishingly distasteful bit of dreck, there is at the bottom a sappy little romance.
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Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
A film that is at times laughable yet at the same time, over 15 years after its release, its premise is still up for debate and discussion.
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Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews
Would you sell your body for a night, to the tune of a million dollars? What makes for five minutes of interesting conversation, alas, does not make for an interesting two-hour movie. [Blu-ray]
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Jason McKiernan, Filmcritic.com
Adrian Lyne directs this film as Zalman King might direct an episode of One Life to Live
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Cast
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Robert Redford
as John Gage
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Demi Moore
as Diana Murphy
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Woody Harrelson
as David Murphy
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Oliver Platt
as Jeremy
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Seymour Cassel
as Mr. Shackelford
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Billy Bob Thornton
as Day Tripper
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Billy Connolly
as Auction Emcee
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Rip Taylor
as Mr. Langford
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Selma Archerd
as Auction Bidder
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Matthew Barry
as Architecture Student
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Joel Brooks
as Realtor
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Art Chudabala
as Architecture Student
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Mariclare Costello
as David's Mother
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Sheena Easton
as Herself
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Pierre Epstein
as Van Buren
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Myra J.
as Craps Woman
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Jedda Jones
as Craps Woman
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Israel Juarbe
as Citizenship Student
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Joe La Due
as High Roller
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Chi-Muoi Lo
as Architecture Student
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Irene Olga Lopez
as Gage's Maid
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Rudy E. Morrison
as Maitre D'
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Lydia Nicole
as Citizenship Student
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Elsa Raven
as Citizenship Student
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David Rees Snell
as Businessman
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Hilary Reynolds
as Architecture Student
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Joseph Ruskin
as Pit Boss
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Maurice Sherbanee
as Citizenship Student
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Kevin West
as Screenwriter
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Danny Zorn
as Screenwriter
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Herbie Hancock
as Himself
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Pamela Holt
as David's Girlfriend
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Catlyn Day
as Wine Goddess
- Victoria Thomas
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Jerome Rosenfeld
as Auction Bidder
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Joe Bays
as Jeffrey
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Nicholas Georgiade
as Croupier
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Toru Nagai
as High-Roller Card-man
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Richard B. Livingston
as Mike
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Robert "Bobby Z" Zajonc
as helicoptor pilot
