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Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonThis is a spectacularly well-made thriller. It is an odd thing, really -- the movie is sexy and at the same time a warning about the costs of sex.
- 90VarietyVarietyThe screws are tightened expertly in this suspenseful meller about a flipped-out femme who makes life hell for the married man who scorns her.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Lyne takes a brilliantly manipulative approach to what might have been a humdrum subject and shapes a soap opera of exceptional power.
- Fatal Attraction rings the changes on your atavistic emotions. Walking out of the theater, you might have a sudden desire to club a woolly mammoth and hide your family in a dark cave -- away from people like Glenn Close.
- 80EmpireAngie ErrigoEmpireAngie ErrigoTwo absolutely riveting performances and a smart reversal of the usual male-female stalker scenario leave behind a nasty taste and an unforgettable cinema experience.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissWell-made fictions like Fatal Attraction prosper because they seem more persuasive than fact.
- 75TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineThis story of an extramarital fling that turns into a nightmare begins as a well-crafted psychological thriller but degenerates into a misogynistic thrill-fest in its closing moments.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFatal Attraction is a spellbinding psychological thriller that could have been a great movie if the filmmakers had not thrown character and plausibility to the winds in the last minutes to give us their version of a grown-up "Friday the 13th."
- 63Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe style is slick, the action is suspenseful, and despite the explicitness of the sex scenes, the message is against extramarital affairs.
- 40Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumWhile billed as a romance and a thriller, the film strictly qualifies as neither, appealing to our prurience, guilt, hatred, and dread.