Rating of
2.5/4
Indyfreak - wrote on 04/29/19
Beautifully filmed and sometimes rather bawdy, Dangerous Liaisons features some solid performances from Glenn Close and Michele Pfeiffer as the polar opposite female leads. Pfeiffer plays virtue incarnate while Glenn Close is the sultry cynical femme fatale. John Malkovich is uneven as the supposedly dashing casanova Valmont but he's not entirely convincing. The film takes a dark turn halfway through once the various plots and affairs begin crossing their streams for the worse. It's different from your typical costume drama but still a little too downbeat.
