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Fatal Attraction is directed by Adrian Lyne, and stars
Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. The musical
score is composed by Maurice Jarre. ***
Fatal Attraction is the story of a man who chooses
to have an affair while his wife and child are away. What
seems like an innocent-enough fling is anything but. The
woman he has his affair with quickly proves herself to be
psychotic and has no ambition of ending the affair. With
her terrorizing the family, it quickly becomes obvious that
more desperate measures are going to have to be taken for
the man to keep his family safe. ***
Fatal Attraction is the rare dramatic thriller from
the eighties that still feels relevant and manages to entertain.
It’s easy to be able to relate to the characters, and Lyne’s
superb direction guarantees that everyone comes off as three-dimensional.
Combine this with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close giving
some of their finest performances, and you have one hell
of a movie on your hands. ***
There’s very little not to like about Fatal Attraction.
Adrian Lyne has directed no shortage of excellent films,
and this is quite possibly the finest piece of work in his
repertoire. Michael Douglas and Glenn Close are both great
actors, and here they give it their all. This is quite possibly
the finest performance of Close’s career – her psychotic
lover has been imitated in films numerous times, but never
successfully duplicated. All things considered, this is
a great film, and it’s great to have it on Blu-Ray at long
last. ---
Image and Sound:
Thankfully, Fatal Attraction holds up better than the
Blu-Ray transfer of Indecent Proposal, another Lyne film
concurrently getting a 1080p transfer. The image is bright
and clear throughout, with fairly strong detail from start
to finish. A few shots look a little soft, but this is about
as close to reference quality as you can get with a film
from the eighties. A TrueHD audio track has been included,
and like most films of this type, it is front-heavy and
intensive on the dialogue – though there are a few intense
moments that will give your speakers some work. All in all,
Paramount scores major points with this transfer. I can’t
imagine the movie looking and sounding any better than it
does in this release.
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