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Fatal Instinct | Year: 1993 Directed: - Carl Reiner Actors/Actresses: - Armand Assante as Ned Revine - Sherilyn Fenn Carl Reiner's finest work First of all, in order to truly appreciate this movie, you've got to see "Fatal Attraction", "Body Heat", "Chinatown", and "Basic Instinct", which all came out within a few years of each other. They are great films which have a modern take of the "noir" period of filmmaking from the 1940's. (For Reiner's other great parody of that period, see "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid"). Here, Reiner has taken all of the cliched moments and turned them into great parodies of those films. Assante as Ned Revine is hysterical with his incredible dead pan (I only wish Reiner had put out takes on the DVD). Reiner puts in non-stop jokes from start to finish. (I like the ceiling fan in the car, for example). Some of you may have to go back and forth to catch them all. To me this film is right up there with Mel Brooks, "Airplane", "Police Squad", and "Pink Panther" series for great modern (late 20th Century) comedy. Reiner who was a writer, director, actor and producer of television comedy for years (Your Show of Shows, Dick Van Dyke, etc), had highly developed comedic skills prior to his stint as movie director. Consequently, he brings a great sense of comic timing to this and all of his pictures. This is my personal favorite of his work. Great Movie. But DVD is lacking. I loved this movie. It was hilarious. It is a spoof tha twas a response to the rash of, I don't how else to put it, "troubled marriage" movies that came out around this time. It makes fun of Fatal Attraction as well as Sleeping with the Enemy. Absolutly hilarious. HOWEVER, is only comes in STANDARD. I do not understand why a wide screen version is not available. The direector originally intended the movie to be widescreen. Keep it that way. If you must have one side of the DVD Standard and the other side widescreen. Grrr.... A Total Waste This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It is a total waste of a talented cast and my time to watch it. Anyone who doesn't believe me, can have my copy for the cost of sending it to you. Not worth keeping in my collection, as I will never watch it again. One star rating is too generous. Buy Fatal Instinct at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Fatal Instinct Search with the Priority Search Engine on Fatal Instinct This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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