Based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos (1st ed. 1782).
Two aristocrats, a man and a woman, wager with each other whether he can seduce a certain married woman. There is also another target for seducton, a virgin who is promised in marriage to one of the first woman's former lovers.
A great disappointment this was. With myself, mainly, for having liked it so much the first time I saw it. Although it is not exactly a bad movie, it has obvious script problems. The processes of seduction, and their effects on the seduced women, are not convincing. (Some say that is because of the leading actor's performance and persona, and they may be partly right.) I mistook it for a refined work of art and it is just an artificial moralizing drama which crosses the kitsch threshold for much of its duration. Viewed within these constraints, however, it is a lush and entertaining spectacle.
Rating: 62 (down from 86)
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