Storyline
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
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Cast
Wayne Knight, Jack McGee, James Rebhorn, Stephen Tobolowsky, Chelcie Ross, Michael Douglas, Mary Pat Gleason, Sharon Stone, Bruce A. Young, Ashlyn Gere, Daniel von Bargen, Denis Arndt, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Mitch Pileggi, George Dzundza, Leilani Sarelle, Dorothy Malone, Benjamin Mouton, Bill Cable, Stephen Rowe, Freda Foh Shen, William Duff-Griffin, David Wells, Mary Ann Rodgers, Adilah Barnes, Irene Olga López, Juanita Jennings, Craig C. Lewis, Michael David Lally, Peter Appel, Michael Halton, Keith McDaniel, Eric Poppick, Ron Cacas, Kayla Blake, Bradford English
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Reviews
75
Rolling Stone
The film is for horny pups of all ages who relish the memory of reading stroke books under the covers with a flashlight. Verhoeven has spent $49 million to reproduce that dirty little thrill on the big screen.
67
Entertainment Weekly
Beneath its heavy-breathing fripperies, though, Basic Instinct is mechanical and routine, a muddle of Hitchcockian red herrings and standard cop-thriller ballistics.
63
USA Today
The film never makes total sense, but at its best (the first half-hour), it comes closer to solidly junky titillation than the hapless Final Analysis. [20 Mar 1992, Life, p.1D]
50
This reflects its fundamental flaw of arrogance, a smug faith in the ability of its own speed, smartness and luxe to wow the yokels.
50
The film is like a crossword puzzle. It keeps your interest until you solve it. Then it's just a worthless scrap with the spaces filled in.
