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9.1/2 Weeks [1985] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Adrian Lyne Actors: Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Margaret Whitton, David Margulies, Christine Baranski Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £2.99 as of 21/11/2009 16:14 GMT details You Save: £10.00 (77%) New (17) Used (10) from £2.48 Seller: twentyfiveorless Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 4486 Format: PAL, Widescreen Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 112 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5039036007412 ASIN: B00005UWN5 Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 1986 Release Date: February 4, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Frequently given short shrift as soft porn (which it is) and as mindless (which it isn't), director Adrian Lyne's follow-up to IFlashdance/I (insert own joke here) is a thoughtful, smutty film about a bad sexual relationship. It follows the two-month affair between Elizabeth, an art-gallery dealer, and John, a Wall Street executive. The relationship spirals downward into raunchier sex (filmed, by the way, quite nicely) but principally is about two adults doing adult things but not acting anything like real adults. Attempts at actual human connection, about the longing to be "good", are present here and make this an above-average erotic film. Rourke is just honing his scumbag, bad-boy persona; but it doesn't overwhelm. At least there's lots and lots of Kim Basinger. --IKeith Simanton, Amazon.com/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » You must see it. December 8, 2000 19 out of 21 found this review helpful On the beginning I was surprised of opinion of my mates that the movie is not so bad. I was very dissapointed. But after few times my opinnion changed about 180 degrees. Now this is my one of the best movies and I can not stand fact that it is not yet realized in DVD format in Europe. Mickey and Kim are so real and they created lovers as nobody before. I am so sorry for my english but I hope that you understood my review. Fabulous, edge of seat film June 30, 2004 9 out of 10 found this review helpful An attractive art dealer meets a wealthy broker in a a sandwich shop and first what is seen as a passionate relationship spirals into a dangerous affair, a dark obsession. She thinks she has met a wonderfull guy but is fooled by the masquerade he projects, this guy has a hidden agenda and he has caught her in his web. A great film which youd love to watch over again with lots of edge on the seat moments, great believable acting from two of films prestigious names. Is a must buy! when a man loves a woman August 5, 2007 Svetlana Lensselink (NL) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful A perfect duet of Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger makes you forget about everything, lose your head and yourself in the world of love, passion and sexual fantasy. br / br /Perfect style of movie, perfect match of actors - that makes big value of film. Very sensual movie that have nothing to do with all bad things that was said about it. br / br /5 stars for actors, scenario, directing and perfect act. Seeing them both interact will leave an impression on you January 1, 2009 Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful "9 1/2 Weeks" is an erotic thriller about the romance between Elizabeth (Kim Basinger) and John (Mickey Rourke). As the name implies, their time together is not long, but without a doubt steamy and memorable. John had his eye on Elizabeth from the beginning and swooped down like a hawk, while she could not resist his advances. br / br /Elizabeth falls in love with him very fast, and even as John becomes increasingly controlling and dominating, she still cannot break free from his charms. He showers her with gifts almost continuously, but I hardly think they had much affect on her, since it was him and his excitement she seemed to like most. The interactions and intimacy between two people are taken to a high level as she is blindfolded and he touches her body with ice cubes, as he feeds her with her eyes closed, and has sexual encounters with her in places such as a back alley and a clock tower. The film does have more than a few erotic/sexual scenes, but not as vulgar as it could be, leaving some things to the imagination. br / br /Because I really did not know what to expect with John and if and when he would snap from being calm to angry, I was on edge for most of the movie. Actually, he retained his exterior calmness even when he was dominating her, giving him a true covertly hostile personality. On the other hand, Elizabeth was often timid and just wanted to be loved. Moreover, although she may not have enjoyed all the games he wanted to play, it did look like she enjoyed much of them. Seeing them both interact will leave an impression on you and may rank among one of the most memorable films about lust you may ever watch. Genius Adrian Lyne November 18, 2008 Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh) 1 out of 2 found this review helpful This 1986 spellbinding, provocative and deeply humanistic movie is not about silly soft porn screwing in alleyways in the rain. It is a brilliant character study about human selfishness which bears repeated watching. br / br /The movie has three narrative perspectives that run concurrently throughout the film: the evolving relationship between Elizabeth and John; the evolving relationship between Elizabeth and the reclusive artist Farnsworth; and Elizabeth's interactions in New York art circles through her work at a gallery. br / br /In the first, John (a great looking Mickey Rourke before the boxing and the cosmetic surgery), who wears nothing but black suits and white shirts and lives in a colourless and impersonal apartment, is shown to be able to feel nothing except through extreme forms of sexual expression. In the second, Elizabeth (Kim Basinger) gradually comprehends the mystical revelry of pure sensation--Farnsworth examining the fish he has caught--that also comes through in his painting. br / br /Finally, Elizabeth's art world is the intersection of the two. Between the art of pure sensation and the artifice of society and its conventions. In the film, Elizabeth grows in all three narrative worlds and in the end achieves a kind of liberation of self, demonstrated by simply leaving John. br / br /The film's photography is gorgeous, using darkness and rays of light to set the shifting contexts of sensuality and sensation throughout. Rourke and Basinger are both on fire in their roles--John who is painfully frozen in his incapacity to feel, and Elizabeth who grows visibly in self awareness over the course of the film. br / br /This is a spellbinding, provocative and deeply humanistic movie about how we sense the world. It bears repeated watching. br / Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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