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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe result is a passably entertaining diversion, glossy and decently acted but devoid of any kind of edge.
- 50RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenTheir game of cat-and-mouse is not meant to be original in the slightest, but there's no good reason for it to be this dull.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIn any case, Fatal Affair is one of those lucky efforts in which everything good about it is good and everything bad about it is fun. The cheesiness is part of the experience.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperTo call this a Netflix Original movie is only half-correct. True, it’s on Netflix, but no, there’s nothing original about this uninspired knockoff of “Fatal Attraction” (even the title and the poster borrow from that 1987 classic of the genre), which is marred by stilted dialogue, predictable plot turns and surprisingly halfhearted performances from a talented cast that acts as if they know this is slick garbage and they’re just trying to make it through the shoot so they can call their respective agents and say, “We need to talk.”
- 42IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandToo chaste to be a “Fatal Attraction” ripoff and far too dull to approach the hammy charms of “Obsessed,” the greatest assets of Peter Sullivan’s Fatal Affair are stars Nia Long and Omar Epps. They keep this from looking and feeling like a limp Lifetime movie knockoff.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsEverything happens quickly in Fatal Affair, since it’s all plot and no character. These movies are what they are: disposable; full of shiny, unstained, high-end kitchen countertops.
- 38The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFatal Affair will live up to the first half of its name, and you’ll be bored to death.
- 20The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThere is so much recycled material in “Fatal Affair” that its carbon footprint must have been zero.
- 20The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeThere are no left turns or bumps along the way, just a smooth straightforward journey from cliche to cliche, boredom setting in fast.